Death Notification in the Emergency Department: Survivors and Physicians

When patients die in the emergency department (ED), emergency physicians (EP) must disclose the bad news to family members. The death is often unexpected and the act of notification can be difficult. Many EPs have not been trained in the skill of communicating death to family members. This article r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shoenberger, Jan M., Yeghiazarian, Sevan, Rios, Claritza, Henderson, Sean O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2013
Materias:
Patient Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23599867
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.10.14193
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Sumario:When patients die in the emergency department (ED), emergency physicians (EP) must disclose the bad news to family members. The death is often unexpected and the act of notification can be difficult. Many EPs have not been trained in the skill of communicating death to family members. This article reviews the available literature regarding ED death notification training and proposes future directions for educational interventions to improve physician communication in ED death disclosure.

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