"Keeping pace according to the child" during procedures in the paediatric intensive care unit: A grounded theory study.

Objective: The goal was to explore how nurses interact with children in the paediatric intensive care unit during potentially painful procedures.

Research Methodology/design: This was a qualitative research study that used grounded theory approach. Data were collected through participant observation and interviews.

Telling children and adolescents about their cancer diagnosis: Cross-cultural comparisons between pediatric oncologists in the US and Japan.

Purpose: Over the last 50 years, direct communication about cancer with adults has shifted from an approach of not telling to one of telling. Less is known about communication practices with children. The purpose of this study is to (1) describe patterns of communication at diagnosis between pediatric oncologists and children with cancer and (2) compare cultural differences in these practices in the US and Japan.

The personal development of mothers of terminal cancer patients: how Japanese women change through the experience of caring for and losing their children to cancer.

The author interviewed 57 mothers who had lost children to cancer about their experiences concerning their children's illness and death. These mothers became their children's main caretakers because they felt responsible and unable to count on others. They maintained emotional stability while interacting with their children and worked to protect their children from mistakes made by health care professionals.