Many issues remain unresolved regarding how children adapt to cancer and its threat of death. The author's systematic research relating to these questions is reviewed, and four assumptions are presented which seem to express the basic values of workers in this area: that the quality of life is enhanced by maximal efforts devoted to living, that communication of even the child's painful thoughts and concerns to others is healthy, that preparation for necessary painful procedures should be provided, and that the child's style of life prior to ill-ness is the main baseline against which change is to be evaluated. ADJUSTMENT IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER The diagnosis of cancer in a child was once accompanied with the prognosis of an e...
Examined the adjustment of 6- to 18-year-old children and adolescents (n = 38) 2 to 5 years postdiag...
Objective To describe the adaptive style paradigm as a heuristic model for understanding the very po...
Cancer accounts for 20% of the causes of death and occupies the second place as a reason of mortalit...
This paper describes the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems and the social competencies...
This qualitative study was undertaken to establish a conceptual framework for the adaptation process...
Compared 56 children between the ages of 5 and 12 years to a sample of healthy controls. All cancer ...
Cancer in childhood age comprises less than 1% of all diagnosed cancer cases. But is significant, be...
Since the 1960s, paediatric oncologists have gradually become better organised in large study groups...
PurposeThe objective of this 4-year prospective study was to assess the psychological adjustment of ...
Over the past several decades, great strides have been made in diagnosis, treatment, and survival of...
Clinical research has led to tremendous improvements in treatment efficacy for most childhood cancer...
Background: A number of randomized trial studies and longitudinal researches emphasize that despite ...
AbstractIntroductionA number of randomized trial studies and longitudinal researches emphasize that ...
Overall, we now cure 70 % of the children who are di-agnosed with cancer, and in the 30 % of cases t...
The young child’s experiences of living with cancer are crucial to providing evidence based care. Th...
Examined the adjustment of 6- to 18-year-old children and adolescents (n = 38) 2 to 5 years postdiag...
Objective To describe the adaptive style paradigm as a heuristic model for understanding the very po...
Cancer accounts for 20% of the causes of death and occupies the second place as a reason of mortalit...
This paper describes the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems and the social competencies...
This qualitative study was undertaken to establish a conceptual framework for the adaptation process...
Compared 56 children between the ages of 5 and 12 years to a sample of healthy controls. All cancer ...
Cancer in childhood age comprises less than 1% of all diagnosed cancer cases. But is significant, be...
Since the 1960s, paediatric oncologists have gradually become better organised in large study groups...
PurposeThe objective of this 4-year prospective study was to assess the psychological adjustment of ...
Over the past several decades, great strides have been made in diagnosis, treatment, and survival of...
Clinical research has led to tremendous improvements in treatment efficacy for most childhood cancer...
Background: A number of randomized trial studies and longitudinal researches emphasize that despite ...
AbstractIntroductionA number of randomized trial studies and longitudinal researches emphasize that ...
Overall, we now cure 70 % of the children who are di-agnosed with cancer, and in the 30 % of cases t...
The young child’s experiences of living with cancer are crucial to providing evidence based care. Th...
Examined the adjustment of 6- to 18-year-old children and adolescents (n = 38) 2 to 5 years postdiag...
Objective To describe the adaptive style paradigm as a heuristic model for understanding the very po...
Cancer accounts for 20% of the causes of death and occupies the second place as a reason of mortalit...