Post on 07-Jan-2017
Gaming Preferences of Children and Young Adolescents with Cancer
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Leukaemia
“an acute or chronic disease in humans and other warm-blooded animals characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues and often in the blood”
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leukemia
Stem Cell Transplantation ( = Bone Marrow Transplantation)
Procedure, that infuses healthy (stem) cells into a patient‘s body, to replace damaged / diseased ones.
Aftercare
• 198 children were asked
• little differences between healthy and sick children
• preference for adventure and exploration in games
• preference for animal and fantasy characters
• boys like fighting, girls don’t
Survey
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