title: [Telling patients about serious disease: the case of cancer].
abstract: Stages of communication: prepare the patient before the diagnosis - suggest that the disease may be serious, know how the patient wants to be told. Prepare the announcement as soon as the diagnosis is certain - choose a quiet, private setting, have a therapeutic plan ready and explore alternatives. Tell and support the patient - announce the news clearly and simply, accept and handle the emotional reactions, provide support and be available.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, EMSP, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Louis, 75010 Paris, France. sidonie.nahum@sls.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Sidonie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nahum
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure