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I Help Terminally-Ill Parents Leave Stories Behind for Their Children
We all have an idea of how life is going to be, but mine has changed radically in the past seven years. I work on a project for children whose parents have cancer, helping them understand the illness and supporting them when their parent dies. I also support parents to communicate with children and, when the prognosis is not looking positive, I hel...
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Psychological effects of hospitalisation in children
Recent research shows that a stay in the hospital can traumatize a child for several months. This study was carried out at The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Canada. They studied 120 children who had been hospitalised in either the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) or the regular medical-surgical wards. The...
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I Help Terminally-Ill Parents Leave Stories Behind for Their Children
We all have an idea of how life is going to be, but mine has changed radically in the past seven years. I work on a project for children whose parents have cancer, helping them understand the illness and supporting them when their parent dies. I also support parents to communicate with children and, when the prognosis is not looking positive, I hel...
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Psychological effects of hospitalisation in children
Recent research shows that a stay in the hospital can traumatize a child for several months. This study was carried out at The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Canada. They studied 120 children who had been hospitalised in either the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) or the regular medical-surgical wards. The...
