[Remaining a parent despite a child's cancer].
The experience of cancer in a child is traumatic for the child and the family Despite the medical advances which have been made, it is a serious pathology marked by uncertainty as regards the future of the young patient. The parents, shaken, often underestimate the importance of maintaining their educational role with their child. Child health nurses, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, have an important role to play in supporting parenthood.
Service de réanimation-néonatologie, Centre hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique, 20 boulevard du général Maurice-Guillaudot, 56000 Vannes, France. marie.tougeron@free.fr
Marie
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Tougeron
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*