Communication of bad news in pediatrics: integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Zanon,Bruna Pase
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Cremonese,Luiza, Ribeiro,Aline Cammarano, Padoin,Stela Maris de Mello, Paula,Cristiane Cardoso de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020001600301
• topic: Truth Disclosure; Health Communication; Diagnosis; Child Health; Pediatrics

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the scientific evidence of the elements of communication in the process of communicating bad news in pediatrics. Methods: integrative review searched in the LILACS, PubMed and WoS databases. Primary studies in Portuguese, Spanish or English were included. Results: the evidence from the 40 studies were organized according to the elements of communication: sender (family and/or professional), receiver (family and/or child), message (bad or difficult news about diagnosis/prognosis; empathetically, honestly, objective, hopeful and available), channel (materials, quality, quantity and pace), context and effects (social and emotional changes), noise (feelings and language) and failures (silencing and misleading information). Conclusions: there is a need to prepare the institution and team, as well as the family and the child, in order to promote co-responsibility in this process, to minimize suffering and communication noise and to avoid failures, recognizing the child’s right to know their condition.