"Why Are we Giving up on my Brother?"-The Unmet Needs of the Adolescent Facing End-of-Life Care in a Sibling.
J Palliat Med
; 2024 Jun 21.
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ABSTRACT
Adolescence is a challenging time at baseline, and a sibling receiving end-of-life care can alter an adolescent's life irrevocably. It is imperative for the medical team to understand the unique needs and perspectives of such an adolescent sibling. This in turn facilitates the anticipation of an adolescent's grief response, and allows for parents to be appropriately guided. However, more can be done to evaluate the needs of adolescent siblings and improve their support. This can be through establishing a validated needs-based questionnaire, empowering families and the multidisciplinary team to engage siblings, and diverting resources toward culturally sensitive support groups for siblings with critical illness. A framework to involve key players in the adolescent's circle is presented.
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J Palliat Med
Asunto de la revista:
SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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2024
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Singapur