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Psychological aspects of radiotherapy of children and adolescents

Abstract

The increasing importance of radiotherapy in tumors of childhood demands the investigation and consideration of the psychological aspects of this afflicting therapy. In this paper the results obtained by questioning and observing 28 childeren of different ages, their parents, attendants and employees of several radiological departments are discussed. As the children's fantasies and the resulting anxieties and reactions are depending on the respective intellectual and emotional developmental stage detailed proposals concerning the preparation and performance of radiation in toddlers, school children and adolescents are presented.
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1981
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-82-166261
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Klin. Paediatr.; (Germany, Federal Republic of); Journal Volume: 193:3
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; ADOLESCENTS; AGE GROUPS; BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN; INFANTS; NEOPLASMS; DISEASES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; 550603* - Medicine- External Radiation in Therapy- (1980-)
OSTI ID:
6930444
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: KLPDB
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 184-188
Announcement Date:
Sep 01, 1982

Citation Formats

Poehler, A, Riedesser, P, Jobke, A, and Wannenmacher, M. Psychological aspects of radiotherapy of children and adolescents. Germany: N. p., 1981. Web.
Poehler, A, Riedesser, P, Jobke, A, & Wannenmacher, M. Psychological aspects of radiotherapy of children and adolescents. Germany.
Poehler, A, Riedesser, P, Jobke, A, and Wannenmacher, M. 1981. "Psychological aspects of radiotherapy of children and adolescents." Germany.
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title = {Psychological aspects of radiotherapy of children and adolescents}
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abstractNote = {The increasing importance of radiotherapy in tumors of childhood demands the investigation and consideration of the psychological aspects of this afflicting therapy. In this paper the results obtained by questioning and observing 28 childeren of different ages, their parents, attendants and employees of several radiological departments are discussed. As the children's fantasies and the resulting anxieties and reactions are depending on the respective intellectual and emotional developmental stage detailed proposals concerning the preparation and performance of radiation in toddlers, school children and adolescents are presented.}
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