Más notícias na medicina veterinária: o caminho da comunicação na perspectiva do médico veterinário

Abstract

The communication of bad notice to the animal’s tutor is integrant part of the medical veterinary assistance. This research searched to understand the form as the veterinarian deals with bad notices at day-by-day, to trace a profile of these professionals ahead bad prognosis at work, and to verify their level of knowledge about Spikes protocol for transmission of bad notice. The questionnaire was answered by 50 veterinarians. The feminine sort, with 88% of the participants prevailed, and the majority of the participants were found between 21 and 30 years (62%). The interviewed ones had answered that almost always felt insurances to transmit bad notice (54%). However, 66% had not received preparation for this situation during the graduation. The Spikes Protocol is unknown for 88%, but the use of a protocol for this purpose was considered important per 100% of the participants. It was concluded that the majority interviewed feels a little comfortable and almost always they possess security to transmit bad notice, however they had not received enough formation during the medical graduation veterinary medicine and are unaware of the use of the Spikes Protocol. It was concluded that there is a shortage in the veterinary medical graduation in what concerns the transmission of bad notices, and how these professionals can act before a bad prognosis, in relation to the feeling of the owners, but also in relation to their own feelings. More comprehensive studies are needed to investigate the abilities and difficulties of veterinarians in communicating bad notices to the tutors of their patients.