Purpose: To evaluate how parents viewed the authors' practice of audiotaping the initial communication of the leukemia diagnosis and of the complete program of care, including the prognosis.
Methods: From January 1997 through December 1998, at the end of the formal communication interview, parents were asked to evaluate the audiotaping by filling out a questionnaire concerning the procedure.
Results: Sixty-three parents of children with leukemia participated.
Conclusions: The authors' use of audiotapes was strongly supported by the parents as a supplementary intervention and has become a routine procedure.