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Peer reviewedO'Halloran, Colleen M.; Altmaier, Elizabeth M. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1996
A review of studies on death awareness among children who are healthy, chronically ill, and terminally ill reveals that children with life-threatening diseases demonstrate increased understanding of death. In contrast, healthy and chronically ill children appear to require certain age, cognitive development level, or intelligence thresholds to…
Descriptors: Age, Children, Chronic Illness, Cognitive Development
