Children's literature: the death experience
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Children's literature: the death experience
Abstract
Children learn about death and dying through a variety of social, psychologic, and intellectual experiences. A review of 25 children's books provides insight into themes, values, and beliefs children learn about death through reading.
Comment in
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Several resources are available regarding the death experience.Pediatr Nurs. 1993 Jul-Aug;19(4):422. Pediatr Nurs. 1993. PMID: 8414733 No abstract available.
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