title: Death notification in the emergency department: survivors and physicians.
abstract: When patients die in the emergency department (ED), emergency physicians (EP) must disclose the bad news to family members. The death is often unexpected and the act of notification can be difficult. Many EPs have not been trained in the skill of communicating death to family members. This article reviews the available literature regarding ED death notification training and proposes future directions for educational interventions to improve physician communication in ED death disclosure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shoenberger
authors.forename: Sevan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yeghiazarian
authors.forename: Claritza
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rios
authors.forename: Sean O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Henderson