[Extensive experience in supporting dying children]

Long experience in Oncology has given rise to the necessity to focus more intensively on the issues of dying, death and mourning and to develop a coping support system for children and their families, which has been offered at the Children's Hospital of Tübingen University in collaboration with the "Förderverein für krebskranke Kinder e. V." (Support foundation for children with cancer). We present the concept and experience of our approach emphasizing the significance of coping with loss and mourning.