[Relationship with the glaucomatous patient: how to announce glaucoma to the patient]

Announcement of a chronic disease, always, is a difficult task in the physician professional activity. For glaucoma, its possible impact on their vision and quality of life are a source of anxiety for most patients. The message should be simple and comprehensible, but accurate, to ensure long term compliance to follow-up and treatment. Announcement should be tailored to the patient personality and psychological profile. The clinician should know his own personality, but his patient's personality also, to guarantee successful information and communication and a good quality patient-clinician relationship. Simple rules to be applied are described.