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- Title
Communicating bad news: an integrative review of the nursing literature.
- Authors
Bertoncello Fontes, Cassiana Mendes; de Menezes, Daniele Vieira; Borgato, Maria Helena; Luiz, Marcos Roberto
- Abstract
Objectives: describe how the process of breaking bad news is established and identify how nurses approach the task of giving bad news. Method: integrative review of the literature for articles in Portuguese and English published between 1993-2014, in the databases: Bireme, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL and Embase. Nine articles were included using the selection flow chart. A digital form was completed for each article according to the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research checklist and the level of scientific evidence was determined. Results: Of the 99 articles in identified, nine were included after applying the selection flowchart. Discussion: breaking bad news is frequent in the area of oncology and palliative care, with a strong cultural influence on the autonomy of nurses in this process. Conclusion: the approach and skills of the nurse during this task influences the patient's reaction to the message. The theme is scarce in the literature and merits further investigation.
- Subjects
AUTONOMY (Psychology); ONCOLOGY nursing; CANCER patients; CAREGIVERS; CINAHL database; COMMUNICATIVE competence; CULTURE; DATABASES; FAMILIES; HONESTY; HOPE; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL personnel; MEDLINE; NURSE-patient relationships; NURSES; NURSING specialties; ONLINE information services; PROFESSIONS; TERMINALLY ill; SYSTEMATIC reviews; HOSPICE nurses; DISCLOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL roles; EVIDENCE-based nursing; PATIENTS' families
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2017, Vol 70, Issue 5, p1089
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0143