The therapeutic power of play: Examining the play of young children with leukaemia

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 523-537

  Gariépy, Nadine ^a   Howe, N ^b  

^a Marie Curie Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Illness; Leukaemia; Play; Stress; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAY CARE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; URBAN AREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0344118102     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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