In Sickness and in Play

Autorentext

Clark, Cindy Dell

Klappentext

The author's 46 interviews with the families of children with chronic illness gives an understanding of how the children comprehend their illnesses and how parents struggle daily to care for their kids while trying to give them a ""normal"" childhood.

Zusammenfassung
In In Sickness and in Play, Cindy Dell Clark tells the stories of children who suffer from two common illnesses that are often underestimated by those not directly touched by themasthma and diabetes. She describes how play, humor, and other expressive methods, invented by the kids themselves, allow families to cope with the pain.

Inhalt

Juvenile diabetes
Enduring childhood asthma
Imaginal coping
Children, culture and coping
Appendix A: Freeing children's voices
Appendix B: A primer for adults