title: Books for siblings of children having illness or disability.
abstract: A child's disability or acute or chronic illness has an effect on all family members, including siblings of the affected child. Children's books, fiction and non-fiction, can be used to support siblings by providing information, addressing feelings, offering insight, assuring the child that others have had similar problems, and facilitating coping. Nurses can introduce children and their families to useful books by having books or book covers on display that the child can choose from; providing families with lists of books; and/or assessing the child's needs, interests and reading level, and recommending a specific title.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahmann
mesh_terms: D001877:Books; D002648:Child; D004194:Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D012801:Sibling Relations