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Die Kind in die Hospitaal


Isabel M. Hofmeyr

Abstract

Hospitalisation enhances the risk of affective disturbances in sick children due to the separation that It brings between the child and his mother and familiar home surroundings. Certain practices tend to intensify this distress, such as limited visiting, the large number of people handling a child, treating the child as a case instead of as an individual, etc. The need for a trained paedotherapist on the staff of hospitals is stressed.


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eISSN: 2078-5135
print ISSN: 0256-9574