The Rehabilitation of Cancer Patients � A New Field of Activity for Occupational Therapy

Creative Arts Therapy Among Children With Cancer

“…The therapy has the potential to make a positive impact among pediatric patients with cancer because of the long hours that children spend in the hospital setting, the natural creativity of children, and the ability of children to communicate more easily through art than words. Documentation of creative and artistic interventions in oncology exists as early as the 1980s when investigators published the benefits of creative expression as an intervention for patients with cancer 19,20 . For the purpose of this article, we defined CAT broadly as creative expression including art, music, movement, or drama as an intervention to improve the quality of life experienced by children with cancer 18,21–25 …”