After the nurse has taught the parents of a 5-year-old boy who has leukemia how to talk with their child about death and dying, which of the following would indicate that the parents have age-appropriate expectations about their child’s reaction to his impending death
A. "He is too young to understand what is happening to him. "
B. "He might think he can cause his death because he has misbehaved. "
C. "He will accept his death as caused by his disease. "
D. "He will understand how much his siblings will miss him. "
参考答案:B
解析:A 5-year-old child is in the preoperational stage of cognitive development and thinks of death as temporary. Also, for a child of this age, thinking about behavior often is believed to be magical; thus, the child may think that his behavior can cause death.