The meaning of bad news in HIV disease: Counselling about dreaded issues revisited

Bor, Robert; Miller, Riva; Goldman, Eleanor; Scher, Isobel

doi:10.1080/09515079308254494

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“…In fact, taking one's mind off a stressful or anxiety-provoking situation can be beneficial when active responses to the situation are impractical or unavailable, which is exactly the case when people await news about their health (Lazarus, 1985). Similarly, both researchers and physicians argue that short-term denial is an appropriate and even beneficial response to certain negative health events (Bor, Miller, Goldman, & Scher, 1993;Faulkner, 1998;Greer, Morris, & Pettingale, 1979;Radziewicz & Baile, 2001). Although most aspects of the model of uncertainty navigation address outcomeoriented strategies, emotion regulation is a potentially important aspect of anxiety management in the face of uncertainty.…”

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Waiting is the hardest part: a model of uncertainty navigation in the context of health news

Sweeny

Cavanaugh

2010

Health Psychology Review

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Section: Emotion Regulationmentioning

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Waiting is the hardest part: a model of uncertainty navigation in the context of health news

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Cavanaugh

2010

Health Psychology Review

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“…(p. 496) Furthermore, Ptacek and Eberhardt (1996, p. 497) suggested conflicting views "may have implications for how the news is delivered and, more importantly, for how the news is perceived as being delivered by the patient." See also Bor, Miller, Goldman, and Scher (1993), who discussed the implications for clinical practice of differing physician and patient perspectives on the nature of diagnostic news regarding HIV.…”

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The News Delivery Sequence: Bad News and Good News in Conversational Interaction

Maynard¹

1997

Research on Language & Social Interaction

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“…207 An alternate definition is that bad news is information that "results in a cognitive, behavioral, or emotional deficit that persists for some time." 46 Recognition that much of health care communication is actually bad news will improve attention to its delivery.…”

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Communicating With Children and Families: From Everyday Interactions to Skill in Conveying Distressing Information

Levetown¹

2008

Pediatrics

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Health care communication is a skill that is critical to safe and effective medical practice; it can and must be taught. Communication skill influences patient disclosure, treatment adherence and outcome, adaptation to illness, and bereavement. This article provides a review of the evidence regarding clinical communication in the pediatric setting, covering the spectrum from outpatient primary care consultation to death notification, and provides practical suggestions to improve communication with patients and families, enabling more effective, efficient, and empathic pediatric health care. INTRODUCTION/OVERVIEWHealth care communication is a critical, but generally neglected, component of pediatric and pediatric subspecialty practice and training and is a skill that can and must be taught. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] The practicing clinician's ability to communicate openly and with compassion is essential for effective and efficient routine health care; this ability becomes a vital lifeline for parents and children confronted with lifealtering and sometimes life-ending conditions. [13][14][15][16] The purpose of this report is to provide research-based and practical guidance to enable effective communication with pediatric patients and their families in a number of common settings and situations. Although child abuse, sexuality, divorce, and many other situations are not individually addressed, the principles and approaches discussed apply equally to these situations.Communication is the most common "procedure" in medicine. Health care communication is different from normal social discourse, because intimate and very private issues are often discussed. These include hopes and fears, developmental concerns, sexuality, and mental health disorders. Painful issues, such as abuse, school failure, drug use, and terminal illness, are also discussed. Communication is the foundation of the therapeutic relationship; it is the basis of fiduciary and ethical obligations of physicians to patients and their families. Effective health care communication is an essential tool for accurate diagnosis [17][18][19] and for the development of a successful treatment plan, 20-23 correlating with improved patient knowledge, 15,24 functional status, 25,26 adherence to the agreed-on treatment regimen, 20,21,27-32 improved psychological and behavioral outcomes, 15,33-36 and even reduced surgical morbidity. 3,4,37 In the case of distressing news, skillful communication can enable a family to adapt better to a challenging situation, 12,38,39 including a child's unanticipated impairments. [40][41][42][43] Poor communication, on the other hand, can prompt lifelong anger 31,42,44-48 and regret, 14,40 can result in compromised outcomes for the patient and family, and can have medicolegal consequences for the practitioner. 49

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The meaning of bad news in HIV disease: Counselling about dreaded issues revisited

Cited by 46 publications

References 6 publications

Waiting is the hardest part: a model of uncertainty navigation in the context of health news

Waiting is the hardest part: a model of uncertainty navigation in the context of health news

The News Delivery Sequence: Bad News and Good News in Conversational Interaction

Communicating With Children and Families: From Everyday Interactions to Skill in Conveying Distressing Information

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