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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Beverly Castriotta lost her husband to cancer two years ago. Her 12-year-old son, Joey, and his soccer teammates are doing their best to help prevent other youngsters from losing loved ones to deadly diseases.
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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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NEW YORK  - Families of patients who completed advance directives before their deaths tend to feel their loved ones received somewhat better end-of-life care, according to a new study. Nonetheless, there's still room for improvement.
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GENEVA  - Children with HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites) are dying needlessly because of a lack of suitable drugs and the high cost of medicines adapted to their needs, the humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said.
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An emotive image of grieving children laying flowers beside their father&#39;s grave is one of the central features of a new anti-smoking campaign aimed at families.
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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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It is OK to discuss death with a dying  child and in fact desirable, Swedish researchers reported on  Wednesday.
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Researchers have hit on what may be an inexpensive way to prevent death from infections in children with HIV until anti-retroviral drugs become affordable in the developing world.
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NAIROBI - When parents in Africa die of AIDS, their orphaned children often go to live with foster parents, in institutions or even on their own.
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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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Families whose babies suffer from fatal conditions are turning to specialized hospice programs for help.
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By helping children abroad, an American couple sought to create a legacy for their son, who died of a heart ailment.
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NEW YORK  - People with advanced cancer may suffer substantial emotional distress, but relatively few may be discussing it with their doctors, new research suggests.
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Attorneys for the parents of a woman at the center of a right-to-die case argued Thursday she would have been profoundly affected by new Catholic teachings on end-of-life issues.
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A child killer is to be quizzed over the disappearance of a Devon schoolgirl and the murder of a Northern Ireland girl.
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NEW YORK - Last year, children's voices echoed across ground zero. This year, it is the bereaved parents and grandparents of World Trade Center victims who will read aloud the names of those lost on Sept...