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Cancer remains the leading cause of death in children due to disease in the United States. Approximately 6,400 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. It is a fact, that although the survival rate has increased over the past two decades, approximately one-half of these children will succumb to their disease. Often, children who have failed to respond to treatment may wish to continue to attend school and participate in extracurricular activities with their peers, as long as physically possible. Most children are aware they are dying and will share this information frankly with their friends and classmates. This information may be viewed as frightening and confusing by their fellow students.
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Frierdich, S., Urban, A., Possin, P., Lehman, J. (1988). The Development of a Program to Assist Schoolage Children in Coping with the Death of a Classmate. In: Gilmore, A., Gilmore, S. (eds) A Safer Death. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8359-2_22
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