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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care

Mothers' preferences toward breaking bad news about their children cancer.

Zahra Mostafavian, Zahra Abbasi Shaye, Arezou Farajpour

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. In the end, it is the word that remains: communicating bad news in pediatric oncology.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zahra MostafavianDepartment of Community Medicine, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
Zahra Abbasi ShayeClinical Research and Development Unit, Akbar Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Arezou FarajpourSchool of Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Islamic Azad University, Mashhad · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe responsibility of breaking bad news (BBN) to patients is one of the most difficult tasks of a medical profession.

aimThe current study aimed to investigate the preferences of mothers of children with cancer about BBN. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this cross-sectional study was conducted in Mashhad during years of 2016, 62 mothers of children with cancer at Dr-Sheikh hospital were recruited by convenience sampling and completed a questionnaire including demographic data and 20 questions about the mothers' preferences to BBN. Data displayed as percent by SPSS V20 software.

resultsMothers preferred that BBN conducted by their child's doctor (93.5%), with an emotional and compassionate way (83.9%), and in a private setting (90.3%). Be told completely about the process of diagnosis (98.4%), meet people with similar conditions (83.9%), receive psychological (85.5%), and religious (79%) support after getting bad news, being in touch with a close relative (82.3%) and applying another term-like malignancy instead of cancer (95.5%).

conclusionWe tried providing helpful information for developing national guidelines about how to breaking news in Iran, by doing this study.

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Breaking bad newscancerchildrenmothers’ preferences

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PMID30112316
PMCPMC6069657
OpenAlexW2884323081

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