In tribute to Luigi Castagnetta - Drawings: A narrative approach for children with cancer

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1089, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Massimo, Luisa M ^a   Zarri, Daniela A ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Art therapy for sick children; Children's communication through drawings; Drawings in hospital care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PLAY; PLAY THERAPY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; LEUKEMIA; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ART THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847791770     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1386.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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