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Care of the Young Patient Who Is Dying FREE

William M. Easson, MD
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JAMA. 1968;205(4):203-207. doi:10.1001/jama.1968.03140300021007
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Death, a universal human experience and one of the commonest clinical syndromes, is rarely mentioned in medical teaching and is avoided in textbook discussions. The complete physician must be able to treat the dying so that his therapeutic management can be of maximum benefit. He should be able to cope understandingly with the normal, age-appropriate emotional reactions which will complicate his treatment procedures. In this brief presentation, I highlight some of the usual reactions to death in the child, the adolescent, and the young adult— reactions which the doctor should anticipate in his young patients, their families, his staff, and himself.

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Nagy, M.H.:  The Child's Theories Concerning Death , J Genet Psychol 73:3-27 ( (Sept) ) 1948;.
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Wahl, C.W.:  The Fear of Death , Bull Menninger Clin 22:214-223 ( (Nov) ) 1958;.
Wahl, C.W.: " The Fear of Death ," in Feifel, H. (ed.): The Meaning of Death , New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1959;, pp 16-29.
Nagy, M.H.:  The Child's Theories Concerning Death , J Genet Psychol 73:3-27 ( (Sept) ) 1948;.
Nagy, M.H.: " The Child's Theories Concerning Death ," in Feifel, H. (ed.): The Meaning of Death , New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1959;, pp 79-98.
Green, M.:  Care of the Child With a Long-Term Life-Threatening Illness , Pediatrics 39:441-445 ( (March) ) 1967;.
Langsley, D.G.:  Psychology of a Doomed Family , Amer J Psychother 15:531-538 ( (Oct) ) 1961;.
Maddison, D., and Walker, W.L.:  Factors Affecting the Outcome of Conjugal Bereavement , Brit J Psychiat 113:1057-1067 ( (Oct) ) 1967;.
Friedman, S.B. et al:  Behavioral Observations on Parents Anticipating the Death of a Child , Pediatrics 32:610-625 ( (Oct) ) 1963;.
Lourie, R.S.:  The Pediatrician and the Handling of Terminal Illness , Pediatrics 32:477-479 ( (Oct) ) 1963;.
Ayd, F.J., Jr.  The Hopeless Case: Medical and Moral Considerations , JAMA 181:1099-1102 ( (Sept 29) ) 1962;.
Vernick, J., and Karon, M.:  Who's Afraid of Death on a Leukemia Ward , Amer J Dis Child 109:393-397 ( (May) ) 1965;.
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