'What is it?': Findings on preschoolers' responses to play with medical equipment

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 451-462

  McGrath, P ^a   Huff, N ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leukaemia; Medical play; Paediatric; Preschool; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 0035461433     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2001.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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