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Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing Volume 11, 1988 - Issue 1
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Original Article

A Dose of Camp Dost: Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Children with Cancer

Timothy G. Swensen Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
Pages 29-32 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Medical advances in the treatment of cancer in children have exacted a high psychological cost. It is necessary for all health-care professionals to explore different means of meeting the adjustment demands of this population. This paper briefly discusses one such intervention–a summer camp experience–while outlining the camp's psychosocial objectives.

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