Doctor, is my Teddy Bear Okay? The "Teddy bear hospital" as a method to reduce children's fear of hospitalization

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 597-599

  Bloch, Yuval H ^a   Toker, Asaf ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

"Teddy bear hospital"; Children's fear; Hospitalization; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 55249126609     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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