Delivering Bad News: A Crucial Conversation

Bad news has been defined as “any news that drastically and negatively alters the person’s view of her or his future.” A more inclusive definition of bad news is “…situations where there is either a feeling of no hope, a threat to a person’s mental or physical well-being, a risk of upsetting an established lifestyle, or where a message is given which conveys to an individual fewer choices in his or her life.”