Care of the Child Facing Death

Lindy Burton

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Routledge
25 May 2022

Society & culture: general; Medical sociology; Paediatric medicine; Nursing; Midwifery

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society

Originally published in 1974, and written by paediatricians, social workers, nurses and a parent who cared for her dying child, this book is concerned with pinpointing the problems which exist for parents and those involved in the care of sick children, both in terms of accepting the facts of a child’s illness, and in loving supporting and giving them maximum enjoyment within the limits of their condition. The fears and anxieties of such children are examined – separation from parents, fear of pain, an increasing sense of difference and in some cases a very real appreciation of their situation. All these limit the child’s happiness, and ways of counteracting them are suggested. Similarly the distress of parents and of medical advisers is discussed.

Edited by: Lindy Burton
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 9
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 603g
ISBN: 9781032258805
ISBN 10: 1032258802
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 25 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1: General Problems 1. The Size and Nature of the Problem 2. Tolerating the Intolerable – The Problems Facing Parent and Children Following Diagnosis 3. Problems Posed For Staff Who Care For the Child Part 2: Specific Problems 4. The Child in Pain Alexander5. The ‘Doomed Family’ – Observations on the Lives of Parents and Children Facing Repeated Child Mortality 6. The Family Coping with a Heavy Treatment Régime Part 3: Helping the Child 7. ‘The Care of Our Dying Child’ – A Parent Offers Some Personal Observations Based on Recollection 8. The Role of Education in Helping The Child With a Potentially Fatal Disease 9. Social Work Help for Children Whose Life May be Shortened 10. The Role of Nursing Staff in Helping the Hospitalised Child Janet Duberley 11. The Psychiatric Care of Children with Life-Threatening Illnesses Part 4: Helping the Family 12. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Dying Child and His Family 13. The Physician and the Family 14. Parents’ Groups and Associations 15. Counselling The Grieving Parent 16. Caring for the Brothers and Sisters of a Dying Child 17. Bereavement and the Rebuilding of Family Life.

Lindy Burton was an educational psychologists specializing in child guidance problems and authored many articles and books on children's behaviour problems and the responses of sick children to their illnesses.

Reviews for Care of the Child Facing Death

'Social workers in particular will find much in the book that will enlarge their thinking on this subject.' S. C. Kinnersley, British Journal of Social Work