Hospice Counsellor Facing the Grief of the Terminally Ill Child and Its Family

• Authors: Grzegorz Godawa

Abstracts

EN

The child’s illness, suffering and death provoke many emotions in  the family. The ill child and its family both experience grief which is an emotional reaction to the danger of losing health or life. Support offered by home hospices for children aims at overcoming the destructive influence of illness. A hospice counsellor’s task is to improve the ill child and its family’s quality of life. He is helping the family overcome grief and prepare for the child’s death. The hospice team supports the family members who experience anticipatory and later, actual mourning. Preventing pathological effects of grief is a basic challenge for people who offer help.

Keywords

EN

Grief; ill child; support; hospice; counsellor

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
• Journal: The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 110-121

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Grzegorz Godawa

• The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Poland

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