Death Telling

Managing the Delivery of Bad News

Bibliographic Data

ID2545161
AuthorsRobert E Clark (0000-0001-5819-6251, corresponding author), Emily E Labeff
Year1982
Volume23
Issue4
Pages366
Publication date1982-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health and Social Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1465 • E-ISSN: 2150-6000
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2136494
PMID7161475
OpenAlexW2010615990
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited2

This research focuses on the strategies used by various professionals in delivering news of death. The lack of well defined, normative guidelines for such deliveries adds to the problematic nature of the interaction. From in-depth interviews with physicians, nurses, law enforcement officers, and clergy, a loose framework based on common themes was generated providing a processual view of death telling. Five distinct strategies of delivery developed within the framework. Discussion of each strategy indicates the significance of situational and occupational factors in delivering news of death. This study, though exploratory in nature, clarifies some of the processes involved in the delivery of bad news, and identifies several important problems surrounding death telling, such as lack of training and preparation among professionals for this role and their dislike for this aspect of their work

Exploratory research · Law enforcement · Normative · Political science · Public relations · Situational ethics · Sociology · Work (physics) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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