title: Mutual support for families of children with eye cancer.
abstract: For parents to be told that their child has been diagnosed as having retinoblastoma is totally devastating. Retinoblastoma is a cancerous condition of the eye which occurs mostly in children, usually before the age of 3 years. To be confronted with the problem of sight loss and cancer is a tremendous shock. In appreciation of this, the staff of Moorfields Eye Hospital in London were well aware of the need and desire of parents to form a self-help group for mutual support during this traumatic period in parents' lives. The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of forming a self-help group for families with children affected by retinoblastoma and to describe how the Retinoblastoma Society was established.
authors.affiliation: Anglia College of Higher Education, Chelmsford, England.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000523:psychology*; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D006113:United Kingdom