title: [Diagnosing and notifying the parents of disabilities].
abstract: Of all the tasks that fall to a paediatrician, diagnosing and announcing a disability remain some of the most difficult. The diagnosis requires sound knowledge and announcing the condition to the child and his/her parents demands know-how and interpersonal skills that cannot be improvised.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie néonatologie, Centre d'action médico-sociale précoce, Centre hospitalier d'Abbeville. pediatrie.neonat@ch-abbeville.fr
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Devoldère
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010290:Parents; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis