What is Important to Young Children Who Have Cancer While in Hospital?

  1. Susie Aldiss1,*,
  2. Maire Horstman2,
  3. Chris O’Leary3,
  4. Alison Richardson4,
  5. Faith Gibson5

Article first published online: 25 APR 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00162.x

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Children & Society

Children & Society

Volume 23, Issue 2, pages 85–98, March 2009

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Aldiss, S., Horstman, M., O’Leary, C., Richardson, A. and Gibson, F. (2009), What is Important to Young Children Who Have Cancer While in Hospital?. Children & Society, 23: 85–98. doi: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00162.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Patient Care Research and Innovation Centre – Child & Family, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK

  2. 2

    Department of Children's Nursing, London South Bank University, London, UK

  3. 3

    Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

  4. 4

    Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London, UK

  5. 5

    Patient Care Research and Innovation Centre – Child & Family, UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

* *Susie Aldiss, Patient Care Research and Innovation Centre – Child & Family, Level 7, Old Building, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK. Tel.: 020 74059200 ext. 0720; Fax: 020 78298602. E-mail: s.aldiss@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 25 APR 2008
  3. Accepted for publication 13 March 2008

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This paper reports on a participatory research project exploring children’s experiences and views of cancer care services. It focusses on findings from interviews conducted with 10 children aged four and five years old. Play and puppets were used to help children express their views. The themes elicited reveal important aspects of hospital care for young children, such as having ‘lots of toys’ available and that ‘mummy and daddy are near’. The use of play and puppets as a data-collection method is discussed, along with the implications of findings for the care and support of young children who have cancer.

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