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• Title:Psychosocial aspects of pediatric oncology / editors, Shulamith Kreitler, Myriam Weyl Ben Arush.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Kreitler, Shulamith.
  Weyl Ben Arush, Myriam.
  
• Published/Created:Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, ©2004.
  

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  • Call Number: QZ275 .P792 2004
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects: Tumors in children--Psychological aspects.
  Tumors in children--Social aspects.
  Children.
  
• Medical Subjects:Neoplasms--psychology--Child.
  Counseling.
  Family Relations.
  Neoplasms--therapy--Child.
  Psychotherapy--methods--Child.
  Social Support.
  
• Description:xi, 456 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:This book is aimed at health care professionals who look after children and adolescents with cancer, in dealing with the difficult and complex problems that face the child, his siblings and his parents. It deals with critical issues such as the neuropsychological impact of treatment, (including bone marrow transplantation), pain, quality of life in survivors, palliative care, talking to children and their families about death, and providing support to the dying.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0471499390 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword / Jimmie Holland
  1. Cancer in children - an introduction / Shai Izraeli and Gideon Rechavi
  2. Neuropsychological aspects of medical treatments in children with cancer / Raymond K. Mulhern, Holly White and Sean Phipps
  3. Palliative care for children with advanced cancer / Joanne Wolfe, Anne Tournay and Lonnie K. Zeltzer
  4. Pain in children with cancer / Richard D. W. Hain
  5. Care of a child dying of cancer / Sergey Postovsky and Myriam Weyl Ben Arush
  6. child's subjective experience of cancer and the relationship with parents and caregivers / Daniel Oppenheim
  7. Quality of life in children with cancer : definition, assessment and results / Shulamith Kreitler and Michal M. Kreitler
  8. Psychiatric impact of childhood cancer / Margaret L. Stuber and Debra Seacord
  9. family of the child with cancer / Dafna Meitar
  10. Psychosocial effects of hematopoietic cell transplantation in children / Ronit Elhasid, Michal M. Kreitler, Shulamith Kreitler and Myriam Weyl Ben Arush
  11. survivors of childhood cancer / Amita Mahajan and Meriel E. M. Jenney
  12. Speaking to children about serious matters / Jane E. Skeen and M. Louise Webster
  13. Psychosocial interventions : the cognitive-behavioral approach / Bob F. Last and Martha A. Grootenhuis
  14. Complementary and alternative medicine use in children with cancer / Cynthia D. Myers, Jonathan Bergman and Lonnie K. Zeltzer
  15. Fantasy, art therapies, humor and pets as psychosocial means of intervention / Shulamith Kreitler, Daniel Oppenheim and Elsa Segev-Shoham
  16. Psychological intervention with the dying child / Shulamith Kreitler and Elena Krivoy
  17. Education of the sick child : learning and reintegration into the school / Ciporah S. Tadmor and Myriam Weyl Ben Arush.