Myra Bluebond-Langner

Winner of the Margaret Mead Award A classic, moving study of terminally ill children that emphasizes their agency and shows how we can relate to dying children more honestly. The death of a child, writes Myra Bluebond-Langner, poignantly underlines the impact of social and cultural factors on the way that we die and the way that we permit others to...

What is it like to live with a child who has a chronic, life-threatening disease? What impact does the illness have on well siblings in the family? Myra Bluebond-Langner suggests that understanding the impact of the illness lies not in identifying deficiencies in the lives of those affected, but in appreciating how family members carry on with their lives in...