Communicating risk and uncertainty to families — branching viva

Opening (candidate)

I would treat this as a structured risk-communication conversation, not a result handover. First I would assess what the family already understands, what they have read, and their numeracy and language needs, and arrange a trained interpreter. Then I would reframe the 50% figure with absolute numbers and a pictograph, present the rare harm in a balanced drug-facts box, confirm understanding with teach-back, and arrange follow-up. ^{[1] [14]}