Publications by authors named "Oussama Rharib"

Background: The announcement of a cancer diagnosis represents a real turning point, significantly and pessimistically changing the patient's vision of his future. The task of the healthcare professional in communicating bad news is complex. It requires careful use of words, establishing a relationship of trust, a patient approach, and encouraging the person affected by cancer to express their emotions.

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Background: If in the past the relationship between caregiver and patient was paternalistic based on the principle of protection, the advent of health democracy has made this relationship evolve to build it on the principles of equality and autonomy for the patient. However, this practice leaves something to be desired, given the forms of inequality in access to information that mark the relationship between caregiver and cancer patient.

Materials And Methods: The objective of this qualitative study is to present a sociological view of the process of shaping inequalities in access to information and its determinants.

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