A hospital play program: Helping children with serious illness.
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 46 (3) , 416-424
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1976.tb00941.x
Abstract
Children hospitalized with a life-threatening disease are experiencing a severely stressful situation that is often confusing, frightening, and anxiety-provoking. This paper describes a play-therapy program designed to facilitate the expression of these feelings, enhance the sense of mastery, foster adaptive behavior, and increase cooperation with medical treatment.Keywords
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