How to speak to patients with poor prognoses
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How to speak to patients with poor prognoses

Erin Dean Health journalist

Good communication and trusting relationships between nurse and patient are vital in delivering the best care for people with less survivable cancers

More than 450 people die from cancer every day in the UK, according to data from the charity Cancer Research UK.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 21, 4, 7-9. doi: 10.7748/cnp.21.4.7.s3

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