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

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-221

  Rollins, Judy A ^a,b,c  

^a Rollins and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Communication; Drawing; Psychosocial; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ART THERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23744512095     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454205277103     Document Type: Article

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