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Tell me about it: drawing as a communication tool for children with cancer

2005

Tags: (b) explore and compare the coping measures they use to manage these stressors, 2005, AdolescentArt Therapy Attitude to Health Child Child, and (c) examine the use of drawing to enhance communication. Participants included 22 children ages 7 to 18 years, Backlog, Communication, Comparative Study, Emotions, Female, Great Britain, Hospitalized/psychology, Humans, Interviews, Journal Article, Journal Of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Male Neoplasms/nursing/psychology, Non-U.S. Gov't Stress, Nurse-patient Relations, Oncologic Nursing/methods, PedPal Lit, Psychological/nursing United States%X As health-related research on children shifts from seeking information about children to seeking information directly from them, Qualitative Research, regardless of their ethnicity and other cultural comp onents, Research Support, respond to the childhood cancer experience in a similar manner. The use of drawing enhanced communication through direct visual expression and/or through verbal expression via the "campfire effect.", Rollins JA

The moral experience of parents regarding life-support decisions for their critically-ill children: a preliminary study in France

The common paediatric critical care practice in France is for physicians (rather than parents) to maintain the ultimate responsibility for lifesupport decisions in children. Some French literature asserts that it is inappropriate for parents to bear…

Consultation with children in hospital: children, parents' and nurses' perspectives

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To explore children's, parents' and nurses' views on participation in care in the healthcare setting. BACKGROUND: Children have a right to be consulted and involved in their care. DESIGN: The grounded theory method was used and…

Nurses' attitudes to pain management during routine venepuncture in young children

Venepuncture is one of the most commonly performed clinical procedures carried out on young children. Evidence indicates inconsistency in the use of pain management strategies during these procedures. A survey method was used to explore nurses' views…

Family-centered care and the pediatrician's role

Drawing on several decades of work with families, pediatricians, other health care professionals, and policy makers, the American Academy of Pediatrics provides a definition of family-centered care. In pediatrics, family-centered care is based on the…

Tags: 2003, Adolescent, Adolescent Transitions, Adult, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Hospital Care, Backlog, Child, Family/psychology, Hospitalized/psychology, Humans, Journal Article, Parent-child Relations, Pediatrics, Physician's Role, Professional-family Relations

Helping a child to live whilst dying

Do parents want to be present during invasive procedures performed on their children in the emergency department? A survey of 400 parents

STUDY OBJECTIVES: No large study has addressed whether parents want to be present when invasive procedures are performed on their children in the emergency department. We conducted a survey to address this question. METHODS: The study used a…

Evolution of parental stress and coping processes: a framework for critical care practice

Crisis theory, stress and coping theory, and research on parental stress and coping during pediatric critical care experiences are integrated into a conceptual framework for understanding, assessing, and ultimately intervening to reduce parental…

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