Table 3. Educational Methods among Pediatric Patients Newly Diagnosed with Cancer and Their Family Members.
Method | Examples | Reference (First Author, Year) |
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Written | Educational binder Information sheets Booklets Literature from external agencies |
Aburn, 2014; Burklow, 1988; Eden, 1994; Flury, 2011; Giacalone, 2005; Matutina, 2010 |
Verbal | Discussion with healthcare providers Informal discussion with other parents Patient-to-patient discussion |
Aburn, 2014; Flury, 2011; Giacalone, 2005; Levenson, 1982 |
Internet | Search engines, such as Yahoo and Google American Cancer Society |
Lewis, 2005; Aburn, 2014,Giacalone, 2005 |
Video | Taped diagnostic discussions | Eden, 1994 |