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Behavioural paediatrics and childhood cancer

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This chapter gives an initial definition and overview of behavioural paediatrics. This is not an attempt at an exhaustive review but rather a ‘taster’ of some of the key topics, such as anxiety, therapeutic adherence, pain management and preparation for hospital. This is followed by an in-depth look at paediatric cancer which will illustrate some of the approaches used.

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Whitehead, N. (1995). Behavioural paediatrics and childhood cancer. In: Broome, A., Llewelyn, S. (eds) Health Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3226-6_19

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