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Summary
It is a difficult situation for any child who has to set aside some of his or her
own personal needs to help an ill sibling. Thus, the child who is experiencing childhood
cancer in the family should not be perceived as an external victim of the situation.
The child is an insider who is able to adapt and respond to the situation in the family.
The nursing care of the family ought to examine and prevent the adverse effects of
the situation by providing advice and counseling to parents, as well as to the sibling
of the child with cancer. Maintaining positive adaptive behaviors can be achieved
by recognition and admiration by parents, grandparents, and health-care providers.
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© 1999 W.B. Sauders Company. Published by Elsevier Inc.
