Palliative Care Unit Transfert Announcements

Palliative Care Transfer Announcements: Qualitative Analysis of the Perspective of Physicians and Their Patients With Cancer

The course of care of a patient with a cancer whose evolution is pejorative, is marked by difficult announcements, called "bad news". In the palliative phase, prognostic announcements are at the forefront. Of these, the announcement of a transfer to the Palliative Care Unit has not been the subject of any specific studies to the best of our knowledge. It therefore seemed interesting to us to explore the stakes of this particular announcement, a source of upheaval for the doctor and the patient, by gathering the point of view of each one.

The objective of our study is to analyze the methods of announcing a transfer to the Palliative Care Unit and the perception of this announcement by the doctor and his patient with an incurable cancer.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients over 18 years old with solid cancer or malignant haemopathy in palliative phase transferred from a HUS service to the HUS UnASP and informed of this transfer by the originating doctor .

HUS senior hospital doctors, supporting patients with solid cancers or malignant hemopathies.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients whose clinical state does not allow for maintenance (tiredness, confusion) or difficult communication.