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Hi
Once I had given a workshop about how to give bad news to patients and relatives in Bisnia especially to prepare doctors. The exercise was to make them have the feeling of the crisis of the loss of one of the family members. They were asked to write the names of the closest family members in 4 pieces of papers, gold them, close their eyes and pick one piece. Open it and remember the last conversation that you had with this person. Now imagine the phone rings and IT is the police on the line asking you to come to the hospital to identify a body that has been in a bad accident that has the ID if this beloved person . You start to report your feelings and what will you do in the first five minutes half an hour and in two hours from hearing this terrible message. You need to warn participants not to do this exercise if they have a recent bereavement and to pull out anytime they wish. You need to be able to counsel anyone who needs in a separate area. I know this may be a very strong exercise emotionally but it will crest a lot of discussions and highlight the phases of shock, denial etc
Good luck. Dr. Hussein Nagi
BIRMINGHAM |
| 05/03/2015 | Previous |