title: Teddy bear clinic.
abstract: 1. The Shriners Institute in Boston developed a day to educate children about hospitals and the OR environment. 2. OR nurses have instituted extensive procedures and policies to allow potential patients the information they need to know their rights. 3. The most important instruction was for the children to ask those questions that they thought their teddy bears might ask.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Creedon
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D002666:Psychology, Child