Helping Parents CopeA Model Home-Care Program for the Dying Child

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Abstract
While advances have been made in the medical and surgical treatment of childhood cancer, families with a child who has cancer or other serious life-threatening illnesses face multiple stresses resulting from the ongoing treatment and, in some instances, the eventual death of a child member. Investigators have discussed the many psychological adjustments of families related to the anticipated loss of a member and vicissitudes of remissions and relapses of the disease. If the parents could be assisted in making these adjustments and in dealing with the disruptions associated with the course of the disease and its treatment, perhaps some of the stresses associated with life-threatening illness in childhood could be brought closer to manageable levels.

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