1. Social Work in Pediatrics
... Seriously ill; 2 - Seriously ill and will get better; 3 - Always ill and will get better, 4 - Always ill and will never get better; and 5 - Dying (terminally ill). In stage one (seriously ill), the child begins to realize the severity of their condition. Bluebond-Langner states that, "Children at stage 1 would often exclaim, ... regained health. At stage 5, the child realizes that the cycle of sickness and new drugs ends in death. They begin to express only death and dying in their art, tell morbid jokes, and reveal to those close to them that they are going to die - what Bluebond-Lang...
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