Comunicación de la noticia del nacimiento de un niño o niña con Síndrome de Down: el efecto de una predicción desalentadora

ABSTRACT: To know how health workers give the news of the birth of a child with Down syndrome (ds). Methodology: qualitative, ethnographic. Involved 20 mothers and one grandmother were semistructured interviews and field observations. Results: the news of the birth of the child with ds occurs in a cold, dehumanized, from an unresolved disability. Discussions: mothers perceived health workers disregard for their circumstances. Most will convey the idea of an abnormal child with a disability that will create many problems. The way that mother receive the news is not conducive to meeting with the child, and puts in uncertainty the future vision of mother-child relationship. Conclusions: the health academically untrained to break the news of the birth of a child with ds and sensitivity to support her in meeting her son. Recommendations: to prepare students in the areas of health to provide different types of news in humanizing environment in which it has much value as the biological and social psicoafective.

• Autores: Bastidas Acevedo, Miriam; Alcaraz López, Gloria Margarita
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/5349
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/5349
• Palabra clave: Sindrome de Down; Comunicación en medicina; Actitud del personal de salud
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/