Annonce du handicap fonctionnel. Impact psychologique

In the course of the painful experience of disability, there is a very particular moment when the disability is first disclosed. This is a moment when doctors have to reveal a fact they would rather not have to reveal to patients who would rather not have to hear it. This is a moment in which, precisely, both sides are likely to feel uneasy. At this very point, a bond is being created, this bond will be the founding stone of the coming battle for treatment. This battle will be fought by a whole team, the medical team. It will be united over the same project, which is in fact to work together in the patient's best interest. But what is the patient's best interest? The question comes up as soon as the disability is disclosed. Today the question is not as much as about whether the truth should be told to the patient as how it should be told. How should a reality, which he/she will have to adapt to be communicated to him/her? At the moment this reality is communicated, some cooperation is being initiated. This is a cooperation in which the career will have to take on a rather comforting attitude so as to inspire trust. Is not the first of the patient's needs or his/her best interest, as he/she is under the trauma of the disclosure, to be able to rely on someone stronger? However, in real life, it is not so easy to be a steadfast career. This difficulty is still too often concealed and frequently generates a feeling of guilt with the career for not having been able to fulfill his/her professional duty completely. Is it not time to choose a more comprehensive approach, an approach that would pay attention to the welfare of the patient as well as that of the career in charge of guiding him/her?