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Occupational Therapy for Children with Renal Failure
Author(s) -
BEWLEY RIKKI
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1985.tb01482.x
Subject(s) - occupational therapy , medicine , chronic renal failure , physical therapy , psychological therapy , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , surgery , anxiety
This paper outlines the treatment of renal failure at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, and highlights the physical and psychological problems for children undergoing treatment. The occupational therapy programme is presented, and the author focuses on issues surrounding the chronically ill and dying child.