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Commentary on: Marshall S, Fearnley R, Bristowe K, et al. ‘It’s not just all about the fancy words and the adults’: recommendations for practice from a qualitative interview study with children and young people with a parent with a life-limiting illness. Palliat Med 2022:2692163221105564. doi: 10.1177/02692163221105564.
Implications for practice and research
Health professionals can play a key role in helping parents with life-limiting illnesses understand the needs of, and provide support for their dependent children.
Future research seeking to engage with children should avoid making assumptions about age as an automatic indicator of vulnerability.
Context
There is evidence of long-term effects the premature death of a parent can have on dependent children.1 Understanding the perspective of children of a parent living with a life-limiting condition is not the same as understanding the impact of the early death of a parent on the child. Marshall …
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