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When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families
edited by Marilyn J. Field and Richard E. Behrman, 712 pp, $35.96, ISBN 0-309-08437-7, Washington, DC, National Academies Press, 2003.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:1035.
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Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts.—William Shakespeare
No one can tell another's grief. If the death of a favorite aunt is a sad but expected event for one middle-aged man, it may be a devastating, life-changing event for his twin brother. Still, most people would likely agree that the death of a child carries with it a special sadness, for the parents, who expected their child to survive them, of course, but also for the community at large. Children deserve to grow up and take their pull at the brass ring, but to do that they must be protected for a season. The death of a child, then, represents an implicit failure of the adult world, a broken promise to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Michael Rowe, PhD, Reviewer
Department of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
205 Whitney Ave, Suite 306
New Haven, CT 06511
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