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Red flags: a case series of clinician–family communication challenges in the context of CHD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2017

Priya Sekar ,
Katie L. Marcus ,
Erin P. Williams  and
Renee D. Boss
Priya Sekar*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics. Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Katie L. Marcus
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Erin P. Williams
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Renee D. Boss
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: P. Sekar, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Charlotte R Bloomberg Children’s Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States of America. Tel: 410 955 5987; Fax: 410 955 0897; E-mail: psekar1@jhmi.edu
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Abstract

We describe three cases of newborns with complex CHD characterised by communication challenges. These communication challenges were categorised as patient, family, or system-related red flags. Strategies for addressing these red flags were proposed, for the goal of optimising care and improving quality of life in this vulnerable population.

Keywords

Communicationred flagsCHD
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 5 , July 2017 , pp. 1000 - 1003
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© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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