A preventive intervention program for bereaved children: problems of implementation.
A brief, standardized intervention program to facilitate children's adjustment to the terminal illness and death of a parent posed the following implementation problems: estimation of patient life expectancy; engagement of the family in crisis; adhesion to the parental guidance model; and termination of formal clinical intervention. Resolution of these issues is described, and adaptation of such programs to other high-risk populations is considered.
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002667:Child Reactive Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology