Open AccessDie sterwende kindjie
Author(s) -
J.T. De Jongh van Arkel
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v6i4.568
Subject(s) - antithesis , feeling , psychology , nursing , social psychology , medicine , art , literature
The thought of a child dying appears as an antithesis and thus the feelings evoked by the dying child are stronger than when older persons are dying. Around the child’s death bed there is no place for detached spectators and all become involved in caring for and supporting him. Caregivers also have a supporting responsibility towards the members of the child’s family