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Recommendations for Promoting Resilience of Children in Medical Contexts

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Child and Adolescent Resilience Within Medical Contexts

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In this final chapter we take a step back to consider the hoped-for outcome of such interventions: the target that is being aimed at. Here we find remarkable consensus among chapters: The main aim is to foster or support personal aspirations for a good life or, at least, the best life possible under difficult and sometimes tragic circumstances of illness. To do so, we must be open to an ever-changing picture of what the resilient child and the resilient family look like. Considering the book chapters together as a set suggests the following set of recommendations to foster resilience of children in medical contexts: (1) Assessment must go beyond identifying needs to identifying strengths and aspirations. (2) Personal skill-building and meaning making should be supported in a way that is compatible with patient’s local cultural practices. (3) Social relationships should be supported in the family, with peers, and through community participation. (4) The effectiveness of community resources must be improved through multisystemic service coordination. We conclude with some specific recommendations that emerge from considering the chapters together as a set.

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Ferrari, M. (2016). Recommendations for Promoting Resilience of Children in Medical Contexts. In: DeMichelis, C., Ferrari, M. (eds) Child and Adolescent Resilience Within Medical Contexts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32223-0_18

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