A hospital play program: Helping children with serious illness Journal Article
| Author: | Adams, Margaret A. |
| Article Title: | A hospital play program: Helping children with serious illness |
| Abstract: | Children hospitalized with a life-threatening disease are experiencing a severely stressful situation that is often confusing, frightening, and anxiery-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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract). |
| Keywords: | adaptive behavior; cooperation; hospitalized patients; serious illness; hospital play programs; play therapy |
| Journal Title: | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry |
| Volume: | 46 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9432 |
| Publisher: | American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc. |
| Date Published: | 1976-07-01 |
| Start Page: | 416 |
| End Page: | 424 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | Peer Reviewed Journal: 2013-42174-006 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1976.tb00941.x |
| PROVIDER: | Ovid Technologies |
| PROVIDER: | psycinfo |
| PUBMED: | 941987 |
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| Notes: | References -- Source: PsycINFO |
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