Publication |
2013
Abstract
The establishment of severe diagnosis and exacting therapy of a severe or even life threatening disease is a stressful condition for the whole family including healthy brother and sisters. Physicians, nurses and clinical psychologists devote themselves to the child patient and his or her parents, whereas the healthy brother or sister is kept aside, there is not enough time for them.
The review summarizes present knowledge about psychical, behavioral and social problems of these healthy siblings. The author review available psychodiagnostic tools, generic as well as specific.
The way how physicians and nurses can intervene in child and adolescents, whose sibling undergoes an oncologic disease is indicated.