1985
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950130207
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Medical students' concepts of childhood cancer and its management

Abstract: Medical student's attitudes toward cancer and patients with cancer were studied prior to and following a required pediatric clerkship which included contact with children on an oncology service. Emphasis in the study was placed on the students' reactions to the child with cancer, and these were compared with the same students' attitudes in the context of the adult with cancer or general oncology. Early diagnosis is regarded as of more significance, and an aggressive therapeutic response following diagnosis of … Show more

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“…play therapy in the medical setting) (Geist, 1979;Koocher, 1986;Pfefferbaum, 1989). Staff burnout and other aspects of pediatric oncology staff are of equal importance (Beardslee and DeMaso, 1982;Hays et al, 1985;Die-Trill er a1.,1994).…”
Section: Advanced Training In Child and Adolescent Psycho-oncologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…play therapy in the medical setting) (Geist, 1979;Koocher, 1986;Pfefferbaum, 1989). Staff burnout and other aspects of pediatric oncology staff are of equal importance (Beardslee and DeMaso, 1982;Hays et al, 1985;Die-Trill er a1.,1994).…”
Section: Advanced Training In Child and Adolescent Psycho-oncologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The 51-item visual analog scale instrument, employed for the evaluation of student attitudes toward cancer and patients with cancer, included 29 items employed by Blanchard et al and Cohen et al [6,7], 14 of which had been previously assessed by Haley et al [5] with the addition of 31 items (19 pediatric items) prepared by a multidisciplinary faculty committee for this project [2,3]. The use of this variety of items permitted attitudinal comparison with a large, previously studied medical student population.…”
Section: Attitudinal Assessmentmentioning
confidence: 99%