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What is important to young children who have cancer while in hospital?

What is important to young children who have cancer while in hospital?
What is important to young children who have cancer while in hospital?
This paper reports on a participatory research project exploring children's experiences and views of cancer care services. It focusses on findings from interviews conducted with 10 children aged four and five years old. Play and puppets were used to help children express their views. The themes elicited reveal important aspects of hospital care for young children, such as having 'lots of toys' available and that 'mummy and daddy are near'. The use of play and puppets as a data-collection method is discussed, along with the implications of findings for the care and support of young children who have cancer
0951-0605
85-98
Aldiss, Susie
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Hortsman, Maire
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O'Leary, Chris
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Richardson, Alison
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Gibson, Faith
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O'Leary, Chris
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Aldiss, Susie, Hortsman, Maire, O'Leary, Chris, Richardson, Alison and Gibson, Faith (2009) What is important to young children who have cancer while in hospital? Children & Society, 23 (3), 85-98. (doi:10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00162.x).

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This paper reports on a participatory research project exploring children's experiences and views of cancer care services. It focusses on findings from interviews conducted with 10 children aged four and five years old. Play and puppets were used to help children express their views. The themes elicited reveal important aspects of hospital care for young children, such as having 'lots of toys' available and that 'mummy and daddy are near'. The use of play and puppets as a data-collection method is discussed, along with the implications of findings for the care and support of young children who have cancer

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Published date: March 2009

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Local EPrints ID: 69382
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/69382
ISSN: 0951-0605
PURE UUID: 06dd5215-febf-45dd-8f2c-bc29a5124b0e
ORCID for Alison Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3127-5755

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Date deposited: 10 Nov 2009
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:55

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Author: Susie Aldiss
Author: Maire Hortsman
Author: Chris O'Leary
Author: Faith Gibson

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