Children with palliative status. Communication with parents who are in the stage of denial

Abstract

The palliative status of a child causes a lot of stress for parents. This paper describes 5 main psychological reactions in response to information that a child is incurable. Variants of denial stage manifestation depending on the parent’s personality type are considered in detail, and options for interaction on the part of medical personnel are also proposed.

Keywords:children; palliative status; parents; denial stage; personality types

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interest. The author declares no conflict of interest.

For citation: Sukhanova E.I. Children with palliative status. Communication with parents who are in the stage of denial. Neonatologiya: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Neonatology: News, Opinions, Training]. 2022; 10 (4): 86–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2308-2402-2022-10-4-86-89 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Degtyarev Dmitriy Nikolaevich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific Research of the V.I. Kulakov Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology National Medical Research Center of Ministry of Healthсаre of the Russian Federation, Head of the Chair of Neonatology at the Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Russian Society of Neonatologists, Moscow, Russian Federation

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