Knowledge and practice of breaking bad news among physicians in king fahad hospital in madinah city 2018

Physicians are trained and keen to treat their patient efficiently and effectively, and one of the important aspects of the consultation is communication skills especially breaking bad news. There is a limited number of studies done about the knowledge and practice of breaking bad news. The main objective of this study is to explore the knowledge and practice of breaking bad news among physicians in King Fahad Hospital Madinah 2018. This research is a Cross-Sectional descriptive study, sample size was 208 physicians working in king Fahad Hospital Madinah. About half of the participants are facing difficulties in breaking bad news, despite more than half of them have received training in Breaking Bad News (BBN). Although a good number of physicians showed acceptable knowledge in breaking bad news but their practice not as expected based on their knowledge. Effective training in breaking bad news will influence the patient-doctor relationship which will rise the quality of health service.