“…For families, the following characteristics and behaviors were identified as potential barriers or facilitators of communication: parental preferences for disclosure, 57,61,67,74,82–87 family's expectations regarding disease course, 10,54,61,88–91 family's emotional state, 40,42,92–96 preparedness to receive difficult news, 39,41,61 comfort with the topic, 52,69,97–99 demonstrated priority/importance of the topic, 36,51,52,66 level of medical knowledge or education, 35,41,43,57,61,63,91,92,100,101 internal family functioning, 54,102,103 age of the child, 51,63,72,104–106 parental fears of harm to the child from communication, 41,92 and lack of fluency in the majority language 99,107–110 …”