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A CHILD'S EXPERIENCE OF IMMINENT DEATH
Author(s) -
NORDMARKLINDBERG INGELA,
LINDBERG TOR
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1979.tb18432.x
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , pediatrics , anxiety , place of death , family medicine , psychiatry , nursing , palliative care , developmental psychology , psychology
. Nordmark‐Lindberg, I. and Lindberg, T. (Department of Paediatrics, Malmö General Hospital, University of Lund, Malmö, Sweden). A child's experience of imminent death. Acta Paediatr Scand, 68: 645, 1979.—We relate here the experiences and thoughts of a 7‐year‐old girl about her situation during the last three months of life as she lay dying of Ewing's sarcoma. Our experience with this girl—and that of other children in the same situation—indicates that they have a realistic and even confident view of death. Their anxiety is centred on the disease and how it affects their appearance and their activity. We most often underestimate children's capacity for understanding their own situation. We ought to be sensitive to appeals for contact.