title: [The announcement of a cancer diagnosis, a time of shock and urgency].
abstract: When the diagnosis of a serious illness is announced, time often seems to stop for the patient. However, often, that of the medical and nursing staff accelerates. Part of the role of the "diagnosis announcement" nurse is to connect the patient-time with the nursing-time.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hematologieoncologie, Hôpital André-Mignot, France. sopouj@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poujoulat
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure