The Marjorie E. Korff PACT Program provides individual consultation to adults with cancer, their spouses, and their children in various inpatient and outpatient settings. Keeping in mind that parents are experts on their own children, staff members provide guidance about how to explain and discuss the illness with children, how to address common questions and behavior changes, how to prepare children for hospital visits, as well as how to cope with concerns about a particular child.

Learn more about the Marjorie E. Korff PACT Program at www.mghpact.org.

Paula Rauch, MD and Anna Muriel MD, MPH have written a new book, "Raising An Emotionally Healthy Child When A Parent is Sick" which discusses how a parent's sickness can be an enormously challenging time for the whole family:

• The child’s reaction to and understanding of the situation may be the hardest issue for a parent to address. 
• Helping children cope can be especially difficult when the parent is dying.

This book is available in the Massachusetts General Hospital General Store: 617-726-2227.

Our Team

Paula K. Rauch, MD
Founder and Director
Stephen A. Durant, EdD
Cynthia W. Moore, PhD
Anna C. Muriel, MD, MPH
Susan D. Swick, MD, MPH
Vaughn L. Mankey, MD

In the News

Read "How we help sick parents and their children face illness" by Paula Rauch, MD - Newsweek 10-14-07

Watch the video "Living in the Now" - Newsweek (7:32 minutes)