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This Web was compiled from a variety of sources including the online resources listed below, but is not intended to substitute or replace the professional medical advice you receive from your child's physician. The content provided here is for informational purposes only, and was not designed to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease. Please consult your child's physician with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your condition.

This page contains links to other World Wide Web sites with information about caring for a terminally ill child. We hope you find these sites helpful, but please remember we do not control or endorse the information presented on these Web sites, nor do these sites endorse the information contained here.

American Cancer Society

The Compassionate Friends - A self-help support organization which aids bereaved families after the death of a child.

Helping After Neonatal Death (HAND)

Hospice Association of America

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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A Child's Concept of Death

Discussing Death with Children

Anticipatory Grief

Physical Needs of the Dying Child

Psychosocial Needs of the Dying Child

Supportive/Palliative Care

Hospice

Important Decisions to be Made in the Dying Process

The Dying Process

Grief and Bereavement

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