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The following basic skills are prerequisites to role-playing giving bad news: attending , listening , eliciting feelings, checking patient’s theory of illness , monitoring pace, empathic summary , feeling responses , and self-awareness .
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Binder, J. (2013). Giving Bad News. In: Primary Care Interviewing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7224-7_19
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