The effects of hospital clowning on physical and emotional states of pediatric patients during chemotherapy treatment

Background: Pediatric cancer treatments interfere with the patient’s life on physical, psychological, and social levels. Hospital Clowns (HCs) use nonpharmacological techniques to reduce the distress that hospital treatments can cause and increase children’s wellbeing, but few studies have analyzed...

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Main Author: Arriaga, P. (author)
Other Authors: Melo, A. (author), Caires, S. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20107
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/20107