Use of Immersive Virtual Reality Spaces to Engage Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer in Therapist-Guided Support Groups: Protocol for a Pre-Post Study
Use of Immersive Virtual Reality Spaces to Engage Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer in Therapist-Guided Support Groups: Protocol for a Pre-Post Study
Asher Marks
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, MD ;
Amanda Garbatini
2
, LCSW ;
Kimberly Hieftje
3
, PhD ;
Vidya Puthenpura
1
, MD ;
Veronica Weser
3
, PhD ;
Claudia-Santi F Fernandes
4, 5
, EdD
1
Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
2
Department of Social Work, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, United States
3
Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
4
Department of General Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
5
Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
Corresponding Author:
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Asher Marks, MD
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Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
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Department of Pediatrics
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Yale School of Medicine
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333 York St.
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New Haven, CT, 06510
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United States
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Phone:
1 203-785-4640
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Fax: 1 203-737-2228
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Email: asher.marks@yale.edu