Adolescents with Terminal Cancer: Making Good Use of Illusions

Carlo Alfredo Clerici; Elena Pagani Bagliacca; Laura Veneroni; Marta Podda; Matteo Silva; Patrizia Gasparini; Roberto Luksch; Monica Terenziani; Michela Casanova; Filippo Spreafico; Cristina Meazza; Veronica Biassoni; Elisabetta Schiavello; Stefano Chiaravalli; Tullio Proserpio; Maura Massimino; Andrea Ferrari

doi:10.1089/jayao.2020.0069

Adolescents with Terminal Cancer: Making Good Use of Illusions

Carlo Alfredo Clerici, Elena Pagani Bagliacca, Laura Veneroni, Marta Podda, Matteo Silva, Patrizia Gasparini, Roberto Luksch, Monica Terenziani, Michela Casanova, Filippo Spreafico, Cristina Meazza, Veronica Biassoni, Elisabetta Schiavello, Stefano Chiaravalli, Tullio Proserpio, Maura Massimino, Andrea Ferrari

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Abstract

The terminal stage of disease in teenagers is extremely complex to manage. In this study, we share some stories of terminally ill adolescent patients who made use of illusion as a way to overcome their anguish in their final stages of illness. These experiences show how young patients can cope better with terminal illness by resorting to a nonrational and fictional dimension that can serve them as a psychological compromise, helping them tolerate their real everyday life by suspending their critical senses for a while. Illusions can serve as a resource for young patients and a potentially useful tool for medical professionals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	683-686
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
Volume	9
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2020.0069
State	Published - Dec 1 2020

Keywords

illusion
psychological support
suspension of disbelief
terminal ill

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Oncology

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Clerici, C. A., Pagani Bagliacca, E., Veneroni, L., Podda, M., Silva, M., Gasparini, P., Luksch, R., Terenziani, M., Casanova, M., Spreafico, F., Meazza, C., Biassoni, V., Schiavello, E., Chiaravalli, S., Proserpio, T., Massimino, M., & Ferrari, A. (2020). Adolescents with Terminal Cancer: Making Good Use of Illusions. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 9(6), 683-686. https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2020.0069

Clerici, CA, Pagani Bagliacca, E, Veneroni, L, Podda, M, Silva, M, Gasparini, P, Luksch, R, Terenziani, M, Casanova, M, Spreafico, F, Meazza, C, Biassoni, V, Schiavello, E, Chiaravalli, S, Proserpio, T, Massimino, M & Ferrari, A 2020, 'Adolescents with Terminal Cancer: Making Good Use of Illusions', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 683-686. https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2020.0069

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