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In‐patient suicide after telephone delivery of bad news to a suspected COVID‐19 patient: What could be done to improve communication quality?

Show Author's Information Natalie Tin Yau So1,  Olivia Miu Yung Ngan2,3 ( )
LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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communication, cancer, ethics, COVID‐19, patient suicide
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So NTY, Ngan OMY. In‐patient suicide after telephone delivery of bad news to a suspected COVID‐19 patient: What could be done to improve communication quality?. Health Care Science, 2023, 2(6): 400-405. https://doi.org/10.1002/hcs2.74
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In‐patient suicide after telephone delivery of bad news to a suspected COVID‐19 patient: What could be done to improve communication quality?

Show Author's information Natalie Tin Yau So1, Olivia Miu Yung Ngan2,3 ( )
LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Keywords: communication, cancer, ethics, COVID‐19, patient suicide

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Published: 26 October 2023
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