• J Healthc Qual · Sep 2008

    Communicating the death of a child in the emergency department: managing dialectical tensions.

    • Jessica Parker-Raley, Barbara L Jones, and R Todd Maxson.
    • Department of Communication, University of Texas-Pan-American, Edinburg, USA. P2575@mail.utexas.edu
    • J Healthc Qual. 2008 Sep 1; 30 (5): 20-31.

    AbstractThis study highlighted the tensions that physicians face when communicating the death of a child to parents. Ten pediatric physicians participated in interviews in which they were asked to provide specific details about end-of-life discussions they have had with families in pediatric emergency rooms. From these findings, it is evident that physicians are required to balance multiple external and internal tensions embedded in these difficult conversations.

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