Preventing psychosocial impairment in siblings of terminally ill children

Preventing psychosocial impairment in siblings of terminally ill children

Bendor SJ

The Hospice Journal

1989

Child; Humans; Grief; Death; Sibling Relations; Stress; adolescent; Preschool; Adaptation; Psychological; Family/psychology; Parent caregivers; Psychological/prevention & control

A review of the literature provides the basis for a discussion of the impact of sibling death on healthy children whose emotional needs may be unattended both by parents and professionals. Factors which may deter hospice practitioners from delivering effective psychosocial care to siblings are identified and recommendations for preventive intervention are enumerated.

1989

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