Background: Although the death of a parent during childhood is relatively commonplace, the
voices of children affected by parental life-limiting illness are under-represented in research …

Background Children show long-term psychological distress if family communication and
illness-related information are poor during and after a parent's illness and death. Few …

Background Communication about illness‐related subjects is complex and difficult. To
support entire families in pediatric oncology, health care professionals need to know what …

Children's experiences of information and family communication when a parent has a life-
threatening illness have been sparsely studied, though such information is important for the …

This study focused on families with dependent children who participated in the Family Talk
Intervention (FTI) and lost a parent during the intervention or directly thereafter. The aim was …

Background Research has highlighted the need for evidence-based interventions to
improve paediatric advance care planning (pACP) in adolescents with cancer. Although …

Having a parent with a life-threatening illness is challenging throughout the illness trajectory,
and for some also in bereavement. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights …

Introduction There is evidence that families with a child diagnosed with cancer need
psychosocial support throughout the illness trajectory. Unfortunately, there is little research …

Objective The entire family is affected when a parent is severely ill. Parents often need and
appreciate professional support when talking to children about illness and death. The family …

ObjectiveOne of the main goals of the Family Talk Intervention (FTI) is to increase
communication within families with dependent children about illness-related consequences …