Article posted: 2/11/2013 6:00 AM

Child life specialists minimize stress on kids undergoing treatment

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There are new efforts to make hospital visits as least traumatic and stressful as possible for younger patients.

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Jade Tukan is an inquisitive 2-year-old with bright eyes and a confident smile, but her life was terribly disrupted when she was given a diagnosis of a deadly cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, in January. As her family focused on her medical care, it was sometimes hard to remember that Jade still wanted to play, even while hooked up to a chemotherapy drip. That's where child life specialist Liz Anderson came in.
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