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1 online resource (285 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Half title: child life in hospitals; title page: child life in hospitals; foreword; contents; chapter 1: what is a child life program?; chapter 2: reactions of children to hospitalizati on; chapter 3: working with parents and families; chapter 4: the importance of play to the hospitalized child; chapter 5: implementing a play program; chapter 6: preparing children for medical encounters; chapter 7: advocacy and concern for the environment; chapter 8: relations with other professionals; chapter 9: supervision of volunteers, students, and staff; chapter 10: "selling" a child life program. |
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Appendix a: child life activity study section position paperappendix b: position statement on involvement of parents and families in health care settings; appendix c: position statement on the care of adolescents and families in health care settings; appendix d: statements of policy for the care of children and families in health care settings; references; index. |
| Summary |
By Richard H. Thompson, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin, and Gene Stanford, Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York. With a Foreword by Jerriann Myers Wilson. Child life services include providing emotional support, structuring therapeutic play programs, psychologically preparing children for medical procedures, enhancing the hospital environment, and acting as the child's and parents' advocate. This book covers them all. It begins by describing the provision of these services in a typical case and by reviewing the relevant literature. The authors then discuss parents' needs and parent inv. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children -- Hospital care.
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Children -- Hospital care. |
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Children -- Preparation for medical care.
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Children -- Preparation for medical care. |
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Added Author |
Stanford, Gene.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thompson, Richard. Child Life in Hospitals : Theory and Practice. Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, ©1981 9780398044565 |
| ISBN |
9780398081751 (electronic book) |
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0398081751 (electronic book) |
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