Dying and Disabled Children : Dealing With Loss and Grief.

In this sensitive and compassionate look at terminally ill and disabled children, professionals from the medical community examine the stresses faced by their parents and siblings. They address the crucial element of communication--within a family and between health care providers and family members...

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Main Author: Dick, Harold M.
Other Authors: Price Roye Jr., David, Buschman, Penelope R., Kutscher, Austin H., Rubinstein, Boris, Forstenzer, Frances K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Summary:In this sensitive and compassionate look at terminally ill and disabled children, professionals from the medical community examine the stresses faced by their parents and siblings. They address the crucial element of communication--within a family and between health care providers and family members--in dealing with a child's serious illness. Ethical decision making, learning to recognize the child's suffering, and talking to children about death are honestly and clearly discussed. Experts offer direct interventions to help family members through the grieving process once a child has died.
Physical Description:1 online resource (166 pages)
ISBN:9781317773726
1317773721
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.