1 / 15

Breaking bad news

Dr P Henn 31.01.2011. Breaking bad news. Your words remembered for years. The SPIKES model Developed by oncologists as a structure to break the news of life limiting disease The most widely used ‘ b reaking bad news’ model O n Black Board. Bad News. Does not have to be terminal illness

adolph
Télécharger la présentation

Breaking bad news

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Dr P Henn 31.01.2011 Breaking bad news

  2. Your words remembered for years • The SPIKES model • Developed by oncologists as a structure to break the news of life limiting disease • The most widely used ‘breaking bad news’ model • On Black Board

  3. Bad News • Does not have to be terminal illness • Can be life changing diagnosis • Chronic disease • Limb amputation • Loss of vision hearing • May have impact beyond the patient • Parents • Siblings

  4. Similar considerations for adults or children • Assess level of understanding • Child • Adult • Learning difficulties • Elderly • Head injury etc......... • Involve parents/ family members • A team approach • Prepare for the interview

  5. Breaking bad news (badly)

  6. Breaking Bad news (adults)

  7. Being informed of my child’s disability – Parental recollections

More Related