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Talking to children and teenagers when an adult has cancer

Talking to children and teenagers when an adult has cancer (May 2019)

This booklet is designed to help people talk to children and teenagers about cancer. It has suggestions about how to tell a child or teenager that you have cancer, understand their reactions, help them cope, explain cancer treatments, and deal with changes to family life.

Author(s)
Macmillan Cancer Support
Place of publication
London
Publisher
Macmillan Cancer Support
Date of publication
May 2019
Pages
70pp
Edition
4th edition
Order reference
Supplier
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/, https://be.macmillan.org.uk/be
Subject(s)
Adolescents, Children, Childcare, Communication, Family, Emotions
Format
Booklet
Language
English
Flesch readability score
71.7
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