[When workplace becomes the place where a relative with cancer is cared: How do caregiver, patient and healthcare professionals interact?].

Introduction: Three clinical situations explored the interactions between patients treated for cancer in oncology, their family caregivers working as doctors or nurses in the same establishment or service, and the healthcare team providing the patient's care, as well as the repercussions of such a context on these three players.

Methods: In each situation, the patient, the family caregiver and a member of the team were interviewed using a semi-directive interview guide. The 8 interviews were recorded and transcribed in full, then subjected to thematic content analysis.

Supporting Family Members in Palliative Phases of Cancer: A Qualitative Study Comparing Health Care Professionals and Non-Health Care Professionals.

This comparative and exploratory multicenter study explored the experiences of 2 groups of family members caring for relatives in palliative phases of cancer: caregivers practicing health care professionals (doctors/nurses) and caregivers who were not health care professionals. The ill family members of the 2 groups were also interviewed. Twenty-seven volunteer caregiving relatives (including 16 health professionals) and 18 cancer patients participated in psychologist-conducted semistructured interviews exploring psychological experiences of the support (including daily, personal, and medical care) and, for caregivers, of the interactions with medical teams.

Support practices by an interdisciplinary team in a palliative-care unit for relatives of patients in agonal phase.

Background: In the absence of extant recommendations, the aim of this study was to formalise support practices used by an interdisciplinary team in a palliative-care unit (PCU) for the relatives of patients in the agonal phase preceding death. The secondary objective was to understand the expectations of relatives during this phase in terms of the support provided by professionals and volunteers.

Methods: Thirty-two people took part in this study; all were interviewed through focus groups (FGs).

[An interview guide for screening for psychological pain in oncology].

An interview guide has been introduced with patients treated in oncology in order to assess their psychological pain. It helps to structure the nurse interview. It also combines the identification of the patient's psychological needs with the creation of an opportunity to talk, thereby initiating a help relationship.

Psychometric Properties of the French Adaptation of the Basic Documentation for Psycho-Oncology (Po-Bado): A Distress Screening Tool.

We translated and adapted the French version of the Basic Documentation for Psycho-Oncology (Po-Bado standard version) and we report its psychometric properties. The Po-Bado is a 12-item documentation instrument that measures psychosocial burden in cancer patients (all types and stages). The intensity of a patient's psychological suffering is evaluated by a health care professional (e.

[Thermoplastic mask in radiotherapy: a source of anxiety for the patient?].

Purpose: The thermoplastic mask often used to immobilize patients in radiotherapy can cause varying levels of stress and anxiety. This study aimed at evaluating the anxiety related to the use of radiotherapy masks and the coping strategies adopted by patients.

Patients And Methods: Nineteen patients treated with radiotherapy mask for head and neck cancer, a brain tumour or a lymphoma, were met twice by a psychologist, either after the making of the mask and the first course of radiotherapy, or in the middle and at the end of treatment.

Establishment of a consultation to announce the results of a breast biopsy.

Purpose: Establishment of post-breast biopsy consultations to announce the results. Evaluation of this system in order to help improve the practice.

Patients And Methods: The radio-senologists benefited from continuing medical education for the in-house announcement.

The Basic Documentation for Psycho-Oncology (PO-Bado): an innovative tool to combine screening for psychological distress and patient support at cancer diagnosis.

Objectives: The Basic Documentation for Psycho-Oncology (PO-Bado) is a semi-directive instrument for assessing psychosocial difficulties in cancer patients. It is based on subjective status and not on degree of symptom severity. Our objectives were to assess whether use of the PO-Bado during post-cancer-diagnosis consultations improves the quality of communication by establishing a supportive relationship between nurses and patients and to assess nurses' satisfaction of their communication skills.