TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Breaking bad news to patients with spinal cord injury in Turkey - physiatrists' perspective
JO  - Journal of spinal cord medicine
A1  - Ozyemisci-Taskiran, Ozden
A1  - Budakoglu, Isil Irem
A1  - Coskun, Ozlem
A1  - Demirsoy, Nesrin
SP  - 423
EP  - 431
VL  - 40
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To explore Turkish physiatrists' experiences and opinions about breaking bad news (BBN) to patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). <br><br>DESIGN: A cross sectional study. SETTING: Turkey. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-nine physiatrists completed a questionnaire about experiences and opinions regarding BBN and self-assessment of communication skills (CS). <br><br>RESULTS: Eleven percent of specialists and 53% of residents were trained on basic CS. All participants believed that physiatrists should play a role in BBN and the majority reported that they delivered the bad news in their clinic. Sixty-seven percent believed that the primary responsibility belongs to physiatrists. Sixty-eight percent reported that the most appropriate time for BBN is during rehabilitation. Self-assessments of CS were considered satisfactory in most steps of SPIKES protocol. Twenty percent told absolute truth to patients while 80% stated that they did so sometimes or partially. Only 41% confirmed that they do not use unrealistic statements to comfort patients. Fewer than 60% stated that they performed the most appropriate and excellent behaviors for items in "empathy" section. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Physiatrists had different opinions about the style of BBN. Self-assessments of CS were optimistic, however physiatrists were not fully satisfied with their empathy skills.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1079-0268
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2016.1234735
ID  - ref1
ER  -