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Parental terminal cancer and dependent children: a systematic review.

Alexandra WrayJulie SeymourSarah GreenleyJason W Boland
Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2022)
Children want to be involved in their parent's cancer experience and to help support the family. Healthcare professionals are ideally placed to support and encourage parents to include their children. They should reassure parents that children can cope well and that maintaining normality will help, and explain the benefits of honest and open communication and how they can include dependent children from diagnosis and beyond.
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