Biomedical subjects
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It is important to provide resources to promote effective coping mechanisms for dealing with the stresses encountered by children, families, and staff in a pediatric oncology setting. Knowledge of how such resources can be used to the maximum advantage must be combined with the utilization and development of support services.
When a child dies, the survivors--both parents and the remaining children--must adapt to a new reality. The immediate effect of sibling death is to precipitate grief and to increase the psychologic vulnerability of the remaining children. Communication patterns within a family in part determine the ease or difficulty with which members are able to live with the death of a child. This article discusses a family-centered approach toward support of siblings in bereavement. Strategies that assist surviving family members to mobilize their own strengths are presented. A review of resources pertaining to sibling loss is included.
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