Clinicians’ lived experience of concealing bad news: a qualitative study in Malaysia and the UK

The crucial next step is for medical education to acknowledge that requests to conceal diagnoses happen. We need to provide a communication strategy for tackling this phenomenon, which upholds the patient's right to knowledge while maintaining collaboration and trust with the patient's family. Furthermore, this dilemma highlights shortcomings in our current approach to teaching medical ethics. Our findings offer globalised healthcare education an opportunity for self-awareness. Learning from and respecting global variation shines a light on our biases, allowing progress towards curriculum decolonisation.