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. 2002 Jul;95(7):343–347. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.95.7.343

Table 3.

Breaking-bad-news coding where doctor breaking bad news was nominated (20 patients)

Bad-news code No. of ‘most helpful’ No. of ‘less helpful’
Not codable 1 (8%) 0 (0%)
Positive 4 (31%) 2 (29%)
Neutral 6 (46%) 0 (0%)
Negative 2 (15%) 4 (57%)
Very negative 0 (0%) 1 (14%)