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topics

I’ve identified the eleven topics below to be of critical importance to me, and yet I have found few sources of support outside of my immediate circle of family and friends.  I hope to develop pages for each of the topics below and imagine that the list will change as I further develop my thinking.

  1. Relationships
    1. Interpersonal
    2. Intrapersonal
      1. Relationship between multiple caregivers
      2. Relationship between caregivers and ill child
      3. Relationship  between caregivers and well sibling(s)
      4. Relationship between ill child and well sibling(s)
  2. Information
    1. Acess
    2. Quality
    3. Quantity
  3. Health Care
    1. Acess
    2. Quality
    3. Quantity
  4. Power
    1. Language
    2. Culture
    3. Ethnicity
    4. Socioeconomic status
  5. Psychological dynamics
    1. Uncertainty
    2. Guilt
    3. Anxiety
  6. Financial impact
    1. Insurance
    2. Travel
    3. Miscellaneous Health Care Costs
  7. Educational components
    1. Learning styles
    2. Access to information
    3. Previous experiences
  8. Decision Making
  9. Communication
  10. Political
  11. Technological
  12. Historical
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