Parents like the Abrahamses who engage in bargaining by becoming well informed and proactive in overseeing their child’s treatment feel empowered. As Jim Abrahams states, “We have taken control of so many lesser issues in our family—meals, bedtimes, TV hours. Why not have that same attitude with the most important issue in our families: our children’s health? In the worst case we have learned something new; in the best case, we have improved either our lives or the lives of our children. There is no downside.” Jim is a film producer, and he produced a made-for-TV movie in 1997 titled First Do
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