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Publication . Article . 2016

Cinema and the communication of bad news

Ana Isabel GÓMEZ CORDOBA; Haroldo ESTRADA;
Open Access
English
Published: 01 Apr 2016 Journal: Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies, volume 12, issue 1, pages 21-32 (issn: 1885-5210, Copyright policy )
Publisher: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Abstract

Breaking Bad News requires medical professionals possess a range of skills to ensure that the patient has the information required for decision?making, this process occurs without further damage and even has a therapeutic effect, and another, that the doctor is not exposed to legal risk or stress associated with the inability to cope with the feelings of the patient, their families or themselves. This article discusses the aspects of communication of bad news in the field of doctor?patient relationship will be presented. The SPIKES model and discussion of movie segments related to the subject was employed as a thread, such as Doctor, 50/50, The Barbarian Invasions, Wings of Life, Stepmom, Letters to God, Wit, The butterfly blue, The power of friendship, Life without me, Make me laugh, Knockin ‘on Heaven’s Door, My Life, A crazy Loose in Brooklyn, As suicide and not die in the attempt, A lesson of life, and The sacrifice of a mother, as a pedagogical strategy in medical training.

Subjects by Vocabulary

Library of Congress Subject Headings: lcsh:Medicine (General) lcsh:R5-920

Subjects

comunicación de malas noticias, películas, epicee

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