Cancer patient remembers little of conversation with doctor

Cancer patients remember little about the first conversation with their doctor. The more than an oncologist or radiologist says, the less the patient subsequently have aware of that interview. This is evident from Dutch-Australian investigation that will soon appear in the medical journal American Journal of Clinical Oncology. Cancer patient remembers little of conversation with doctor Researchers from the Leveling doctors argue that the information in the first call limit. The impact of information on a person's expectations after a cancer diagnosis is so high that other parts of the conversation partly to the patient pass. Important decisions on matters such treatment can be better discussed in a separate interview, the health research center. That patients are not able to remember everything after talking with a doctor is not only to the age of the patients, although that plays a role. With the climbing of the years remember less patients, but also the duration of the call with the doctor and especially how long there is talk about the prognosis are factors that make people less remember. Nivel, organization for mental health Symfora Group and researchers from universities in Singapore, Amsterdam and Sydney view 260 Australian cancer patients. That was after a conversation with the doctor a questionnaire and a phone call about how they remembered the information. That was compared to recordings of the interview with the doctor.