2024-01-16 09:00:02
Whether expected or sudden, the announcement of the diagnosis is frightening. This period raises many doubts and often disrupts the patient’s personal and family balance.
At this point, for the doctor, several factors must be taken into account, whether it is the patient’s life story, his background, his abilities to understand, his beliefs or his personality. These elements allow the doctor to adapt and determine if the patient will need specific support to accept it.
- Pr Henri DubocProfessor gastroenterologist at theParis City University. Specialist in digestive diseases.
- Dr. Ange Ngonde, family doctor, sickle cell specialist in Kinshasa in the DRC. Coordinator of REZO DREPANO-SS (Federation of several associations which bring together patients and people who deal with sickle cell disease).
- Mylene, psychologist within the Listening service of the League against cancer
- Report from Raphaëlle Constant
► To contact the League Against Cancer (free telephone number from France Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.) : 0 800 940 939
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