Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 25-27 , February 2010

Creating Bibliotherapeutic Libraries for Pediatric Patients and Their Families: Potential Contributions of a Cognitive Theory of Traumatic Stress

This article is based, in part, on a presentation given at the Fifteenth Annual Health Science Symposium at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, April 7, 2006.

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 The paper summarizes the development of libraries at the Danville Ronald McDonald House (Danville, PA) and The Women's Center of Columbia/Montour Counties, Inc. (Bloomsburg, PA).

PII: S0882-5963(08)00311-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.08.001

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 25-27 , February 2010

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