I wanted to discover more about how one can provide help and comfort to sick and dying children and their families. ... When dealing with sick and dying children, the first question is always, "How much do I tell them?" ... In her nine-month study of terminally ill children, Anthropologist Myra Bluebond-Langner discovered that they knew and understood a great deal more about their disease and medications than what they were told: The children had a great deal of technical information about the drugs used in treatment - the purposes for which the drugs were given, their side effects, when a...

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