Essays about: "child cancer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words child cancer.

  1. 1. Elisyum- a Graphic Essay of Architecture as a Recovery and Treatment Tool

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Leonard Florian Anton; [2023]
    Keywords : spaces for healing; child cancer; psychological factors; family; architecture; nature; medicine; pain; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The idea of orienting the design process towards the well-being of the patient is not something new in the world of architecture. That the form follows the function is usually but what must be taken into account is the dynamics of the process of understanding human needs. READ MORE

  3. 2. Parents Experience of Having a Child with Cancer – a descriptive review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Siyu Xiao; Hu Sang; [2020]
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  4. 3. Everyday life for children with a parent who has cancer : A systematic literature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, CHILD

    Author : Laura Ramos Marcos; [2018]
    Keywords : children; parents; cancer; everyday life; interventions; family;

    Abstract : Cancer is one of the most common long-term conditions for adults between 25 and 64 years, an age where it is probable to live with children under 18 years at home. This systematic literature review aims to de-scribe children’s everyday life, when one parent has cancer, and the interventions these children need. READ MORE

  5. 4. Simulations and Measurements of radiation doses from patients treated with I-131.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Radiofysik

    Author : Daniel Gälman; [2018]
    Keywords : I-131; Iodine-131; Monte-Carlo Simulations; dose rate measurements; taxi driver; newborn; thyrotoxicosis; restriction times; thyroid cancer;

    Abstract : The aim of this work is to introduce a couple of new exposure scenariosof interest when personnel, family members and general public are externally irradiated from patients treated with Iodine-131. A series of modied ORNL matematical phantoms were used in Monte-Carlo simulations in PENELOPE-2011 to determine dose rates to: a cab driver where thepatient sits in the back seat at opposite side, a newborn child held by an adult patient, a doctor giving treatment to a patient while leaning over the hospital bed and collective effective dose to bus passengers if the patient travels home by bus. READ MORE

  6. 5. Eating difficulties and parental feeding strategies during and after childhood cancer treatment: The experiences of parents. : A systematic literature review.

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, CHILD

    Author : Kaat Philippe; [2017]
    Keywords : systematic literature review; paediatric oncology; childhood cancer survivors; dietary intake; parental perspective; feeding strategies; support;

    Abstract : Childhood cancer is a life-threatening disease with a profound impact on the family. Treatment side-effects and accompanied dietary difficulties are for example severe stressors, as appropriate nutrition is important for the treatment success and quality of life. READ MORE