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Applying Palliative Care Principles to Communicate With Children About COVID-19

Children are seeing rapid changes to their routines and facing an unpredictable future. Palliative care teams may consider expanding their communication training and skill sets to help families consider caring ways to communicate with their children and grandchildren about the coronavirus. Palliativ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Weaver, Meaghann S., Wiener, Lori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7270779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32240751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.020
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Sumario:Children are seeing rapid changes to their routines and facing an unpredictable future. Palliative care teams may consider expanding their communication training and skill sets to help families consider caring ways to communicate with their children and grandchildren about the coronavirus. Palliative care teams are wise to encourage families to ground their communication with children on key values: honesty and trust, self-compassion, safety, sensitivity, connection, preparedness, community building, recognition of death as a part of the life cycle, and legacy.