Breaking the news in spinal cord injury. Export

@article{citeulike:5536543, abstract = {Breaking the bad news in terms of prognosis for significant motor recovery following a neurologically complete spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most difficult tasks for the spinal cord medicine specialist. Learning the skills to facilitate this communication is extremely important to better assist patients to understand their prognosis as well as foster hope for their future. If bad news is delivered poorly it can cause confusion and long-lasting distress and resentment; if done well, it may assist understanding, adjustment, and acceptance. This article provides the physician who cares for patients with SCI with some concepts to consider when discussing prognosis with patients and their families.}, author = {Kirshblum, Steven and Fichtenbaum, Joyce}, citeulike-article-id = {5536543}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18533406}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18533406}, issn = {1079-0268}, journal = {The journal of spinal cord medicine}, number = {1}, pages = {7--12}, posted-at = {2009-08-21 13:27:42}, priority = {4}, title = {Breaking the news in spinal cord injury.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18533406}, volume = {31}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5536543 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5536543 N2 - Breaking the bad news in terms of prognosis for significant motor recovery following a neurologically complete spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most difficult tasks for the spinal cord medicine specialist. Learning the skills to facilitate this communication is extremely important to better assist patients to understand their prognosis as well as foster hope for their future. If bad news is delivered poorly it can cause confusion and long-lasting distress and resentment; if done well, it may assist understanding, adjustment, and acceptance. This article provides the physician who cares for patients with SCI with some concepts to consider when discussing prognosis with patients and their families. IS - 1 JF - The journal of spinal cord medicine SN - 1079-0268 EP - 12 TI - Breaking the news in spinal cord injury. VL - 31 SP - 7 AU - Kirshblum, Steven AU - Fichtenbaum, Joyce PY - 2008/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18533406 ER -