Ready-to-Say Scripts for Delivering Bad News with SPIKES
Asked Jun 23, 2026Modified 8 hours agoViewed 7 timesWorks with: GPT-4, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 1.5 Pro
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What this prompt does
Generates a word-for-word conversation script for breaking bad news, end-of-life discussions, or medical error disclosures using the SPIKES protocol.
- Compatible models:
- GPT-4, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 1.5 Pro
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- Writing
Generates a word-for-word conversation script for breaking bad news, end-of-life discussions, or medical error disclosures using the SPIKES protocol. Use it before any difficult clinical conversation where you need structured language ready to rehearse or adapt.
Help me prepare for a difficult conversation with a patient or family about [situation: poor prognosis, treatment failure, end-of-life decision, medical error disclosure, non-compliance consequences, unexpected findings]. The patient is [age] with [relevant context]. Their current understanding is [what they believe now]. The information I need to deliver is [the difficult news]. Write a conversation script using the SPIKES protocol: Setting, Perception, Invitation, Knowledge, Emotions, and Strategy/Summary.
Source: https://academy.techpresso.co/prompts/chatgpt-prompts-healthcare
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120rep · asked Jun 23, 2026
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