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To the Editor: Kreicbergs et al. (Sept. 16 issue)¹ discovered that among the Swedish parents surveyed, those who had talked to their dying child about death reported no regrets about having had that discussion. Conversely, 27 percent of the parents who had not talked to their child about the impending death did regret having omitted this conversation.

Although I agree that such conversation is often beneficial, I have witnessed situations in which talking about dying has been distressing and unwelcome to the parent and child alike. The corollary of the findings reported by Kreicbergs et al. is that the majority . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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