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Exploring the Physically III Child's Self-Perceptions and the Mother's Perceptions of Her Child's Needs

Insights Gained from the FIRO-BC—a Behavior Test for Use with Children

Departments of Hematology and Oncology, Oklahoma University, Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190

H. Stephen Caldwell

Departments of Hematology and Oncology, Oklahoma University, Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190

Ruprecht Nitschke

Departments of Hematology and Oncology, Oklahoma University, Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190

G. Bennett Humphrey

Departments of Hematology and Oncology, Oklahoma University, Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190

When dealing with the management of the dying patient and his family, systematic research has been very limited. Understanding the dying child's needs, as well as his family's, is important for appropriate therapy programs. The present study investigated the mother's awareness of her child's expressed and wanted needs in three areas of interpersonal relationships. It also studied the dying child's self-perceived needs and desires as com pared with those of children with a non-life-threatening illness and with those of well children.

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