Discuss death with dying children
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Parents regret not discussing death with their children who are terminally ill, a survey shows.
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Geneva - Children with HIV and Aids are dying needlessly because of a lack of suitable drugs and the high cost of medicines adapted to their needs, the humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday.
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More than two-thirds of Americans believe there are circumstances in which a patient should be allowed to die, but they are closely divided on whether it should be legal for a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their own lives by prescribing fatal drugs, a new AP-Ipsos poll finds.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- New research attempts to help parents sift through one of the most difficult decisions they will ever have to make: Whether to tell their terminally ill child that he or she is dying.
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Doctors may have to take a more active role in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with terminal illnesses, a study suggested on Thursday.
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More than 10 million children under 5   years old die each year but two-thirds of those deaths could be   prevented with effective, cheap treatments that are already   available, health experts said on Monday.
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Children and staff at an Armagh school where a six-year old boy died on Monday are being offered counselling.
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The death of the children may well add to the crescendoing anger many Afghans feel about civilian casualties from American and NATO military operations.
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MONDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Global experts on child health are meeting in New York City on Monday to discuss an ongoing tragedy: the fact that 10.5 million children under the age of five die each year.
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In Sierra Leone, one in four children dies before age 5. In Iraq (news - web sites), one in 10 does not make it to a fifth birthday.
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The United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF said it was counselling more than 100,000 children who were traumatised by the death of relatives in the tsunami-hit southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Experts debate whether people at the end of life should be able to take experimental drug treatments.
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My friend Sylvia Stultz, who died of cancer in June, was a clinical psychologist whose passion was teaching social skills to autistic children. Until she became sick with a rare sarcoma, about two years ago, Sylvia ran therapeutic groups for such kids, helping them learn how to make friends, notice interpersonal cues and carry on ordinary conversations....
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Got a terminal illness? Hooray. In the movies, looming death means last-minute adventures and loads of uplifting life lessons
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My children are great kids. They inspire me every day. Scott, 24, and his sister, Joy, 22, have cystic fibrosis. Thanks to the medicines available when they were young and new medicines available
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Ministers say services for dying children in England will be transformed by the first-ever palliative care strategy.
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The charity Childline says that increasing numbers of school children are seeking help on how to cope with bullying. What can be done?  Have you experienced bullying?