%0 Journal Article
%T Comunicaci¨®n de la noticia del nacimiento de un ni£¿o o ni£¿a con S¨ªndrome de Down: el efecto de una predicci¨®n desalentadora
%A Bastidas A
%A Miriam
%A Alcaraz L
%A Gloria M
%J Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud P¨²blica
%D 2011
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X 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.
%K down syndrome
%K news
%K parenting
%K mothers
%K medical training.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-386X2011000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en