Our Publications

Parents facing the challenges of a serious illness might find a number of PACT’s publications helpful. In addition to PACT’s publications, you may also want to visit other resources on our site, a section that provides a sampling of other helpful sources of information for both people who are ill and professionals who care for them.

Rauch PK, Muriel AC, Cassem NH. Parents with cancer: who’s looking after the children? J Clin Oncol. 2002;20(21):4399–4402.

Muriel AC, Rauch PK. Suggestions for patients on how to talk with children about a parent’s cancer. J Support Oncol. 2003;1(2):143–145.

Rauch PK, Durant S. Helping Children Cope with a Parent’s Cancer. In: Stern T, Sekeres M, eds. Facing Cancer: A Complete Guide for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Caregivers. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2003:125–136.

Rauch PK, Muriel AC. Delivering the News. In: Stern T, Sekeres M, eds. Facing Cancer: A Complete Guide for People with Cancer, Their Families and Caregivers. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional. 2003:55–62.

Rauch PK, Muriel AC, Cassem NH. Parents With Cancer: Who’s Looking After the Children? J Clin Oncol. 2003;21(9):(Suppl):117–121.

Muriel AC. Delivering the News. In: Stern T, Sekeres M, eds. Facing Cancer: A Complete Guide for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Caregivers. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2004: 55–61

Rauch PK, Muriel AC. Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent Is Sick. New York (NY): McGraw-Hill; 2006.

Swick, SD, “Helping Children Cope With a Parent’s Cancer,” Coping Magazine, 2007 (in press).

Moore, CW. Helping children cope with breast cancer, Patient education pamphlet published by the Young Survival Coalition, 2007.