title: Denial in the children whose parents died of AIDS.
abstract: Many children require placement before they reach maturity because their parents died of AIDS. This article traces how denial is used by parents with AIDS and by their children in residential placement.
authors.affiliation: Leake and Watts Children's Home, Inc., Yonkers, NY 10705.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Halperin
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D009769:Object Attachment; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D012803:Sick Role