title: The role of the psychologist in the preparation of young children for radiotherapy: short review.
abstract: Psychooncology is now recognized as an important part of the holistic approach to therapy of very young cancer patients. When the psychologist is included in a multidisciplinary team, his/her duty is to prepare the child for several procedures he/she is scheduled for. If the very young child has to be treated by radiotherapy, adequate preparation of the child before the start of radiotherapy may enable the child to undergo the whole procedure without sedation or repeated anesthesia. Such practice has started in Serbia in 2002, at the Department of Pediatric Oncology of the Institute for Radiology and Oncology of Serbia, Belgrade. In this article, we discuss the model we currently use, and we present how this approach has been successfully applied in a 5-year-old girl treated by radiotherapy.
authors: Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Pediatric Department, Belgrade, Serbia. bokun@ncrc.ac.rs
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Bokun
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Klikovac
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Vujic
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nikitovic
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D024382:Professional Role; D011584:Psychology; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000523:psychology