Psychosocial interventions for reduction of distress in children with leukemia during bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture

• Main Authors: Hsin-Ju Hsiao (Author), Shih-Hsiang Chen (Author), Tang-Her Jaing (Author), Chao-Ping Yang (Author), Tsung-Yen Chang (Author), Ming-Ying Li (Author), Cheng-Hsun Chiu (Author), Jing-Long Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Children with cancer undergo many invasive medical procedures that are often painful and highly distressing, including bone marrow aspiration (BMA) and lumbar puncture (LP). Psychosocial interventions have been demonstrated to reduce children's distress resulting from invasive medic...