title: Audiotaping communication of the diagnosis of childhood leukemia: parents' evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate how parents viewed the authors' practice of audiotaping the initial communication of the leukemia diagnosis and of the complete program of care, including the prognosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January 1997 through December 1998, at the end of the formal communication interview, parents were asked to evaluate the audiotaping by filling out a questionnaire concerning the procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-three parents of children with leukemia participated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors' use of audiotapes was strongly supported by the parents as a supplementary intervention and has become a routine procedure.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Pediatrica dell' Università di Milano-Bicocca, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza, Italy. gmasera@libero.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masera
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beltrame
authors.forename: Adele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corbetta
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fraschini
authors.forename: Luigia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Adamoli
authors.forename: Momcilo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jankovic
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Spinetta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013637:Tape Recording / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*