Coping with death.
Children's concept of death is influenced by experience, culture, and developmental stage. Dying children benefit from open communication about death, based on research findings and clinical experience (summarized in Hurwitz, 2004). Everyone in the family is affected by the loss of a loved one, even the youngest family members. Pediatricians can help families by listening and supporting them during the processes of loss and bereavement.
Linebarger
Jennifer S
JS
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Golisano Children's Hospital, the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Sahler
Olle Jane Z
OJ
Egan
Kelsey A
KA
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003376:Counseling; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D013315:Stress, Psychological