Reassuring and talking with hospitalized children.
Some concepts and techniques have been organized into a flexible, sequential approach to discussing highly emotional topics with ill/hospitalized children and adolescents. The process is based on an eclectic, theoretical model that has been easily accepted and utilized by health care professionals. It includes identification of affect, rapport building, opening channels for socialized communication of emotions, and reassurance.
D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations