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Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 0120-386X
Abstract
BASTIDAS A, Miriam and ALCARAZ L, Gloria M. Communication from the news of the birth of a child with Down Syndrome: the effect of a discouraging prediction. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2011, vol.29, n.1, pp.18-24. ISSN 0120-386X.
OBJECTIVE: 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.
Keywords : Down Syndrome; news; parenting; mothers; medical training.