Bad news announcement

Abstract

The article presents analysis of patients’ reactions depending on the way how did «bad news» were reported by doctor, in particular about child’s death.

The preparation procedure for a difficult conversation as well as the structure of child’s death report is shown in the article.

Keywords:bad news announcement; child death announcement; neonatal and antenatal death

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Sukhanova E.I. Bad news announcement. Neonatologiya: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Neonatology: News, Opinions, Training]. 2022; 10 (1): 45–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2308-2402-2022-10-1-45-49 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Degtyarev Dmitriy Nikolaevich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific Research of the V.I. Kulakov Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology National Medical Research Center of Ministry of Healthсаre of the Russian Federation, Head of the Chair of Neonatology at the Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Russian Society of Neonatologists, Moscow, Russian Federation

ORCID iD 0000-0001-8975-2425

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