Author(s): Henriette PUSZTAFALVI, Lívia TÓTH, Orsolya MÁTÉ

Title: BREAKING MEDICAL BAD NEWS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY ESPECIALLY IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Source: 11th International Conference of J. Selye University. Section on Language – Culture – Intercultural Relationships. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-331-0

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3310.2019.179-185

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2019, 179-185

Published on-line: 2019

Language: en

Abstract: Aim: Characteristics of health care professionals to report bad news and the conditions of communication at the Ophthalmology Clinic of the University of Pécs, among diabetic retinopathy patients. Data and methods: Quantitative and cross-sectional examination, 2018. Statistical methods: descriptive and mathematical statistics (χ2-test). Results: Most of the examined medical professionals (90.90%) are not able to rely on a protocol by breaking bad news, however, the need for a protocol is formulated as more than half of the respondents (59.09%). Conclusions: Health care professionals would need to develop a protocol to report bad news in health care institutions, also in the Department of Ophthalmology, furthermore, attention should be paid to improving the various circumstances during providing information to patients.

Keywords: bad news, breaking bad news, protocol, diabetic retinopathy

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