[Announcement of bad news and patient support].
Being unprepared for the announcement of bad news can influence patients' perception of their illness and upset their psychological balance. While the announcement of the diagnosis, the prognosis and the treatment remains a medical act, the psychological preparation around this announcement is a nursing act which forms an integral part of the nursing role.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003125:Colostomy / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000451:nursing; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D012803:Sick Role; D012944:Social Support; D014342:Truth Disclosure