A preschool-age child is being seen in the oncology clinic for a suspected diagnosis of cancer. A common reaction preschool-age children have to a diagnosis of cancer is:
1. Acceptance, especially if able to discuss the disease with children their own age.
2. Thoughts that they caused their illness and are being punished.
3. An understanding of what cancer is and how it is treated.
4. Unawareness of what the illness is.
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Rationale:
1. Adolescents find contact with others who have gone through their experience helpful.
2. Preschool-age children might think they caused their illness.
3. School-age children can understand a diagnosis of cancer.
4. Infants and toddlers are unaware of the severity of the disease.
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