商品簡介
Child life and other specialists mainly from the US offer 18 chapters aimed at preparing child life specialists to deliver care to children and families. They describe the history of the field, theoretical foundations for child life practice, research in child life, the role of therapeutic relationships, communication, patient and family-centered care, assessment and documentation, the role of play and various play paradigms, the psychological preparation of children and families and facilitation of their coping responses, program administration and leadership, child life interventions in critical care and at the end of life, working with grieving children and families, children and chronic illness and rehabilitation, the emergency department and ambulatory care, the child with a chronic illness or special healthcare needs, and the health care status of children around the world, attitudes and practices in different parts of the world, international programs and efforts, and how child life specialists may become involved in international activities. This edition revises all chapters and adds two new chapters on one-person child life programs and child life in the community and other non-traditional roles. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)