Facing decisions about life and death--communication with parents.
How can healthcare professionals, most of whom have never personally been confronted with such tragic situations, best help parents and their children make decisions about life and death that will minimize the suffering of children and their parents? Research studies and the professional experience of those attuned to these problems can be instructive. This paper reviews and gives advice about the communication between healthcare professionals and parents and children facing life and death.
Marcia
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Levetown
D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008020:Life Support Care; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013727:Terminal Care; D019452:Terminally Ill; D014342:Truth Disclosure