"As if by magic": Young cancer patients become magician's apprentices, finding magic in their lives again during their hospital treatments

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 May;70(5):e30268. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30268. Epub 2023 Feb 23.

Authors

Andrea Ferrari¹, Matteo Silva¹, Alice Patriccioli¹, Stefano Signoroni², Carlo Alfredo Clerici^{1

3}, Maura Massimino¹

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
² Hereditary Digestive Tract Tumors Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 36815613
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30268

No abstract available

Keywords: Youth Project; adolescents; art; cancer; magic; psychological support; young adults.

MeSH terms

Hospitals*
Humans
Neoplasms* / therapy