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UNINA9910824704003321 |
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Autore |
Niethammer Dietrich |
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Titolo |
Speaking honestly with sick and dying children and adolescents : unlocking the silence / / Dietrich Niethammer ; foreword by Christoph Schmeling-Kludas, foreword by Ruprecht Nitschke ; translated by Victoria W. Hill |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pediatrics - Psychological aspects |
Sick children - Psychology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Children, sickness, and death -- Children in the hospital -- Children and doctors -- Death and dying in the everyday lives of children -- Physician paternalism versus patient autonomy -- The "precociously mature child" -- Healthy children's concepts of death -- Sick children's concepts of death -- Should we tell sick children the truth? -- Decisions at the end of life. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Niethammer's compelling personal experiences combined with the latest research make this a compassionate and invaluable resource for physicians, nurses, social workers, teachers, parents--for all who care for sick and dying children and adolescents. |
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