Abstract
Heart transplantation is not a unique event, neither from the medical point of view
nor from the standpoint of psychosocial care. It is a process which begins during
the evaluation for transplantation and continues up to re-integration of the patient
into everyday life. It is obvious that during the entire time both the child suffering
from heart disease and the family of the affected child have to deal with heavy emotional
stresses and adjustments. For this reason transplantation centers are obliged by law
to provide psychological care.
Key words
Child - heart transplantation - psychological care
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Dr. rer. medic. Dipl.-Psychologin Gaby Drees
Klinik und Poliklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum
Münster
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Germany
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