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Comunicación de malas noticias en urgencias médicas: recomendaciones y retos futuros.

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Title: Comunicación de malas noticias en urgencias médicas: recomendaciones y retos futuros.
Alternate Title: Breaking bad news in the emergency room: Suggestions and future challenges.
Authors: Landa-Ramírez, Edgar1,2 edgar_landa_ramirez@yahoo.com.mx, López-Gómez, Antonio2, Jiménez-Escobar, Irma3, José Sánchez-Sosa, Juan1
Source: Revista Medica del IMSS. nov/dic2017, Vol. 55 Issue 6, p736-747. 12p.
Abstract (English): The aim of this paper is to describe educational programs that reportedly teach how to break bad news in the emergency department. We also suggest some recommendations on how to communicate bad news based on the research of evidence available in the field. The examined evidence points toward six major components with which physicians should familiarize when communicating bad news: 1) doctor-patient empathic communication, 2) establishing a proper space to give the news, 3) identifying characteristics of the person who receives the news, 4) essential aspects for communicating the news; 5) emotional support, and 6) medical and administrative aspects of the encounter. Finally, we point out several limitations in the studies in the field and future challenges identified in the communication of bad news in emergency room facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): El objetivo del presente trabajo es reseñar una descripción de los programas educativos que incluyen el entrenamiento de la comunicación de malas noticias a médicos pertenecientes al departamento de urgencias. Además se hacen recomendaciones sobre cómo dar malas noticias con base en la evidencia de investigación hasta ahora disponible en las áreas de urgencias. De acuerdo con la información obtenida, es factible identificar seis grandes áreas con las que el médico requiere familiarizase cuando comunica malas noticias: 1) comunicación empática médico-paciente, 2) preparación del ambiente para dar la noticia, 3) identificación de las características de quien recibe la noticia, 4) aspectos indispensables al comunicar la noticia, 5) manejo de reacciones emocionales y 6) aspectos médicos, administrativos y del cierre del encuentro. Finalmente, se describen las limitaciones que parecen caracterizar a los estudios en el área y se señalan los retos futuros en la comunicación de malas noticias en urgencias médicas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to describe educational programs that reportedly teach how to break bad news in the emergency department. We also suggest some recommendations on how to communicate bad news based on the research of evidence available in the field. The examined evidence points toward six major components with which physicians should familiarize when communicating bad news: 1) doctor-patient empathic communication, 2) establishing a proper space to give the news, 3) identifying characteristics of the person who receives the news, 4) essential aspects for communicating the news; 5) emotional support, and 6) medical and administrative aspects of the encounter. Finally, we point out several limitations in the studies in the field and future challenges identified in the communication of bad news in emergency room facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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