Hospitalized latency-age children: implications for psychosocial care.
Hospitalized latency-age children (ages 5-12) are often forced to deal with emotional feelings surrounding their illness or hospitalization that can be psychologically damaging. Factors which interfere with a latency-age child's psychological growth are enumerated. Potential benefits of hospitalization and guidelines for working with this age child are provided.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans