Hospice Counsellor Facing the Grief of the Terminally Ill Child and Its Family

Miniatura

Data

2012

Tytuł czasopisma

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Tytuł tomu

Wydawca

The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow

Abstrakt

The child’s illness, suffering and death provoke many emotions in the family. The ill child and its family both experience grief which is an emotional reaction to the danger of losing health or life. Support offered by home hospices for children aims at overcoming the destructive influence of illness. A hospice counsellor’s task is to improve the ill child and its family’s quality of life. He is helping the family overcome grief and prepare for the child’s death. The hospice team supports the family members who experience anticipatory and later, actual mourning. Preventing pathological effects of grief is a basic challenge for people who offer help.

Opis

Słowa kluczowe

grief, sorrow, sadness, ill child, children, parents, support, hospice, counsellors, psychologists, terminal illness, family, terminally ill, sick, żal, rozpacz, smutek, chore dziecko, dzieci, rodzice, wsparcie, hospicjum, doradcy, psychologowie, choroba nieuleczalna, rodzina, chorzy terminalnie, chorzy

Cytowanie

The Person and the Challenges, 2012, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 109-121.

Licencja

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Poland