Children and Death: Perspectives from Birth Through Adolescence

by Austin Kutscher

Overview

Bringing together the views of numerous distinguished scholars, Children and Death investigates the child's concept of death from both academic and clinical points of view. The contributors have aimed at developing practical guidelines for a multidisciplinary approach to the care and support of the dying child, the child's family unit, and staff who work with dying children. The findings presented here are also applicable to care of children with life-threatening illness. Topics discussed include: children's concepts of death; emotional impact of disease; perspectives on children's death and dying; and coping with a child's death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275925581
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/17/1987
Series:	The Foundation of Thanatology Series , #9
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1280L (what's this?)

About the Author

JOHN E. SCHOWALTER is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Yale University.

PENELOPE BUSCHMAN is Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, The School of Nursing, Columbia University.

PAUL R. PATTERSON is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics Albany Medical College of Union University, Albany, NY.

Table of Contents

Preface
Section I: Child's Concept of Death
Section II: Emotional Impact of Disease
Section III: Perspectives on Childhood Death and Dying
Section IV: Coping with Childhood Death
Index