Program interventions for children at the end of life and their siblings

Janet Duncan; Marsha Joselow; Joanne M Hilden

doi:10.1016/j.chc.2006.02.002

Program interventions for children at the end of life and their siblings

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2006 Jul;15(3):739-58. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2006.02.002.

Authors

Janet Duncan¹, Marsha Joselow, Joanne M Hilden

Affiliation

¹ Pediatric Advanced Care Team, Children's Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Dana 3, Boston, MA 02115, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16797447
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2006.02.002

Abstract

An analogy may be drawn between readying a family for the birthof a child and readying a family for the death of a child. Both ex-periences bring about an intense fusion of the emotional, physical,and spiritual realms for those bearing witness. Preparation, com-munication, and collaboration are essential to provide optimalsupport for the children at the end of life, the parents, and thebrothers and sisters.

MeSH terms

Bereavement
Child
Critical Illness / therapy*
Humans
Infant
Program Development*
Projective Techniques
Siblings / psychology*