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Emergency Department Staff Adherence To Bad News Delivery Recommendations, Kristen R. Myers
Emergency Department Staff Adherence To Bad News Delivery Recommendations, Kristen R. Myers
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Emergency department (ED) staff is responsible for giving bad news regarding death, diagnoses, and other traumatic losses to patients and loved ones. Individuals receiving traumatic and sudden bad news are at increased risk of serious psychological and physiological consequences of disrupted grief. Despite published recommended practices for providers to help prevent maladaptive grief responses, little research is available on actual bad news delivery practices and factors promoting or hindering adherence to recommendations, and no study specifically explored the ED context.
The study used a qualitative design to explore bad news delivery practices, awareness of recommendations, factors perceived to hinder or …