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- Title
Unexpected intraoperative patient death: the imperatives of family- and surgeon-centered care.
- Authors
Taylor, Dan; Hassan, Moustafa A; Luterman, Arnold; Rodning, Charles B
- Abstract
Conveying to family members that their loved one has unexpectedly died during an operation is perhaps the most stressful task a surgeon must perform. The loss of a patient's life precipitates enormous personal and professional anxiety and stress on a surgeon: profound grief, damage to self-esteem, loss of self-confidence and reputation, and the specter of litigation. Most surgeons feel unskilled in such a setting, yet how they communicate-what they say and how they say it-is extremely important for everyone involved. Two distinct, but interactive, phases of response are relevant when communicating with a family before and after an unexpected death of their loved one: a proactive phase ("CARE") intended to establish a positive therapeutic relationship, and a reactive phase ("SHARE") intended to respond to the crisis in a compassionate and respectful manner and to ensure self-care for the physician.
- Publication
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2008, Vol 143, Issue 1, p87
- ISSN
1538-3644
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archsurg.2007.27