Communication from the news of the birth of a child with Down Syndrome: the effect of a discouraging prediction

Communication from the news of the birth of a child with Down Syndrome: the effect of a discouraging prediction

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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, footjoy weste herren 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 viqua-f4 of news in humanizing environment in which it has much value as the biological and social psicoafective.