title: [The child between life and death. Child psychiatry in neoplastic diseases].
abstract: The highly specialized treatment of the child with a fatal illness confronts the patient, his relatives and the staff with continuous psychological stress. Knowledge of how a child feels about illness, life and death is a prerequisite for the understanding and help of these patients. The participation of a child psychiatrist seems to  be essential in providing optimal psychological support. In the present study, all children were aware of the life-threatening nature of their disease. The maintenance of a meaningful dialogue till the end is of great importance for the patients and their families. The therapist engaged in such a dialogue is forced to face loss and grief.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Das Kind zwischen Leben und Tod. Kinderpsychiatrie bei neoplastischen Krankheiten.