Our Publications

Professionals caring for parents with 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 patients and professionals.

 

Rauch PK. A Death in the Family. In: Finberg L, ed. Saunders Manual of Pediatric Practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company; 1998; 177–179.

Rauch PK. Helping the Children Cope When a Parent Has Cancer. Primary Care & Cancer. 1999;19:6–8.

Rauch PK. Comment: supporting the child within the family. J Clin Ethics. 2000;11(2):169–170.

Rauch PK. Death of a Parent. In: Finberg L, ed. Saunders Manual of Pediatric Practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company; 2001; 198–200.

Rauch PK, Abrams A. Death of a Child. In: Finberg L, ed. Saunders Manual of Pediatric Practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company; 2001; 201–202.

Rauch P, Arnold R. Fast facts and concepts #47. What do I tell the children? J Palliat Med. 2002;5(5):740–741.

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. A pilot parent guidance program for parents with cancer. Psychooncology. 2003;12(4):(suppl):S151.

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.

Greenberg D, Vitagliano H, Pirl W, Abrams A, Muriel AC, Rauch PK. The Evolution of the Psychiatric Role in Oncology. In: Stern T, et al., eds. MGH Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby-Elsevier;2004.

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.

Muriel AC. Learning to bear witness. J Palliat Med. 2004;7(5):720–722.

Muriel AC, Beiser, ME, Durant S, Moore CW, Swick S, Rauch PK. Referrals to a new consultation service for parents with cancer. Psychosomatics. 2004.

Pirl W, Muriel AC, Beiser M, Moore CW. Differences between primary care and oncology providers in managing depression. Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. 2004.

Rauch PK, Muriel AC. The importance of parenting concerns among patients with cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2004;49(1):37–42.

Moore CW, Muriel AC, Pirl WF, Beiser ME, Rauch PK. Adult cancer patients as parents: What do oncologists and primary care providers know? Psychooncology. 2005;14(1):S58.

Muriel AC. Parents with Cancer: How to Help Children Cope with a Parent’s Terminal Illness. American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2005:98.

Pirl WF, Muriel A, Beiser M, Moore C. Comparison survey of oncology and primary care providers on psychosocial distress. Psychosomatics. 2005;46:164.

Pirl WF, Muriel AC, Beiser M, Moore CW. Differences between primary care and oncology providers in managing depression. Psychooncology. 2005;14(1)(suppl):S7.

Moore CW, Rauch P. The child and the death of a loved one. In: Burg F, Ingelfinger J, Polin R, Gershon A, eds. Current Pediatric Therapy. W.B. Saunders Company; 2006: 233–236.

Moore CW, Muriel AC, Beiser ME, Pirl WF, Rauch PK. Parenting concerns among adult cancer patients: A pilot study. Psychooncology. 2006;15(S1):S47.

Moore CW, Rauch PK. Addressing parenting concerns of bone marrow transplant patients: opening (and closing) Pandora’s box. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006;38(12):775–782.

Muriel AC, Rauch PK. Supporting Parents with Cancer: Screening and Psycho-education. In: Holland JC, Greenberg DB, Hughes MK, eds. Quick Reference for Oncology Clinicians: The Psychiatric and psychological dimensions of cancer symptom management. IPOS Press; 2006.

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

Swick SD, Rauch P. Children Facing the Death of a Parent: The Experiences of a Parent Guidance Program at the MGH Cancer Center. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2006;15(3):779–794.

Fasciano KM, Berman H, Moore C, Defrino B, Jameson R, Kennedy V, Golant M When a parent has cancer: A community based program for school personnel. Psychooncology. 2007;16(2):158–167.

Rauch PK. You are only as happy as your most unhappy child. Editorial. Journal of the American Psycho Oncology Society. 2007;16(2):99–100.