Communicating medical bad news: Parents" experiences and preferences M i c h a e l C. Sharp, MD, R o n a l d P. Strauss, DMD, PhD, a n d Sharon C l a i r e Lorch, MSW From the Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Ch~apel Hill School of Medicine, and the Departments of Social Medicine and Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry
Parents (N = 189) of children enrolled in 15 developmental day care centers completed questionnaires that examined the experience of being told bad news and elicited preferences for physician behavior in a hypothetical situation (communicating the diagnosis of Down syndrome). Parents, in comparison with their experiences, preferred (p
Parents (N = 189) of children enrolled in 15 developmental day care centers completed questionnaires that examined the experience of being told bad news and elicited preferences for physician behavior in a hypothetical situation (communicating the diagnosis of Down syndrome). Parents, in comparison with their experiences, preferred (p
