Varieties of value: Children differentiate caring from liking

The Varieties of Value

Caring for Deprived Children

not loving at that stage, because love is something which grows out of a relationship and cannot be given deliberately, least of all out of pity. Yet fostering is not an easy way, nor one to be undertaken lightly. Anyone who has seen the anguish of a foster-mother deprived of the child she has mothered, perhaps for years, will realise this and understand why many of these women will try deliber...

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Caring strategies in parents of children with cancer

Background: The increased prevalence of cancer in children influences the family as the main child caregiver. Regarding the spiritual dimension for increasing the life quality of parents and its effect on the management of the conditions induced by the disease, the goal of this study was to determine the strategy of care in parents of cancer children. Materials and Methods: This study was perf...

Caring for children with phenylketonuria.

OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of the diagnosis and management of phenylketonuria (PKU) in childhood with an emphasis on aspects relevant to family physicians providing ongoing care. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The author's experience as the clinic physician in a regional pediatric PKU clinic is supplemented with references providing evidence for key points. MAIN MESSAGE While metabolic clinic...