THE FAMILY' PERCEPTIONS OF NEWBORN ON COMMUNICATION OF BAD NEWS
Keywords:
Família, comunicación, unidade de terapia intensiva neonatalAbstract
Bad news is any information that could affect the individual perception about himself and his futures. The aim of this study was to describe the family perception of bad news communication given by healthcare professionals about hospitalized infant. It’s an exploratory descriptive study, in a qualitative research, developed with neonatal intensive care unit neonate’s families at a university hospital. The dates were analyzed by Bardin theory. The categories were: bad news contends; the way the news were informed; the professional attitudes to message transmission and the professional bad news communication strategies. The results show the healthcare practice development that could incorporate family into interventions, using a communication with symmetric relationship between family and professional.Downloads
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2009-10-20
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Pinheiro EM, Balbino FS, Balieiro MMFG, De Domenico EBL, Avena MJ. THE FAMILY’ PERCEPTIONS OF NEWBORN ON COMMUNICATION OF BAD NEWS. Rev Gaúcha Enferm [Internet]. 2009 Oct. 20 [cited 2026 Aug. 12];30(1):77. Available from: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/rgenf/article/view/5345
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