Medical psychology and psychosomatics - exercise

Giving bad news

Study time

30 minutes : VIDEO+ Presentation+ PDF

Psychology for Medicine : chapter 6 ( https://kic.ics.muni.cz/e-prezencka.cgi?sysno=006351032)

Take home message
  • Research shows us that clinicians can feel their job is done when the news is delivered.
  • Patients, however, often feel the most important part of the conversation has just begun — they want to know what they can do about their illness.
Practitioner points:

  • The knowledge of GUIDE, REMAP and SPIKE algorithms enable you to fulfil the most important objectives of the interview disclosing bad news.


Compulsory literature: Chapter 6
Chronical ilness, death and dying p. 119-136

Chyba: Odkazovaný objekt neexistuje nebo nemáte právo jej číst.
https://is.muni.cz/el/med/jaro2025/aVLPS051c/155276369/Delivering_Serious_News_the_GUIDE_algorithm.video5
Chyba: Odkazovaný objekt neexistuje nebo nemáte právo jej číst.
https://is.muni.cz/el/med/jaro2025/aVLPS051c/155276369/Delivering_Serious_News_The_GUIDE_algorithm.pdf

Chyba: Odkazovaný objekt neexistuje nebo nemáte právo jej číst.
https://is.muni.cz/el/med/jaro2025/aVLPS051c/155276369/SPIKES.pdf