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Communicating with Children: Their Understanding, Information Needs, and Processes
Ist Teil von
Pediatric Psycho‐Oncology, 2012, p.71-91
Ort / Verlag
Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Quelle
Wiley Online Library All Obooks
Beschreibungen/Notizen
For children and adolescents with cancer, psychological and emotional wellbeing is linked to the amount of good information about their illness and treatment that has been given to them by their parents and health care professionals. This chapter will review the evidence base for a practice of being open and honest with children about cancer, the factors that make it hard for parents to talk to their children about serious matters, children's understanding of illness and of death, and child and family preference regarding how information is given. Practical strategies in speaking with children will be discussed. In approaching communication about serious illness with children, we need to include the important people in the child's world – their parents, siblings, extended family, and often friends and classmates.