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The scenarios comprised according to a four within\u2010subject orthogonal design: child's age (4, 6, 8 or 10\u2009years), severity of disease (lethal or worrisome but curable), child's concern or not about his or her mother's illness and parents' decision about how much to tell (tell nothing, minimize or tell the full truth).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cluster analysis revealed four clusters, labelled \u2018always tell the truth\u2019 (33%), \u2018tell the truth or minimize\u2019 (16%), \u2018tell nothing or minimize\u2019 (22%) and \u2018depends on child's age and level of concern\u2019 (29%). Women and participants who had already faced breaking bad news like this to children were more frequently members of the two \u2018tell the truth\u2019 clusters than other participants.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>People who have already experienced a situation of having to tell a child about their mother's bad health tend to think, more than others, that telling the truth is the best policy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/cch.12270","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,14]],"date-time":"2015-07-14T16:16:29Z","timestamp":1436890589000},"page":"60-67","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Telling children their mother is seriously ill or dying: mapping French people's views"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"M. 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