The guidelines call on the health care providers taking care of the child — or the parent — with the serious illness to help with this conversation, speaking directly with the child, when the child is sick, but also working with and supporting the parent, and offering specific age-appropriate advice.
Talking to children about terminal illness
New guidelines call for speaking openly with children when they or their parents face life-threatening diseases.
Fuente: Perri Klass - The New York Times, 18 March 18 2019.
Fuente: Perri Klass - The New York Times, 18 March 18 2019.