[Psychological aspects of radiotherapy of children and adolescents (author's transl)]. / Psychische Aspekte der Strahlenbehandlung von Kindern und Jugendlichen.

The increasing importance of radiotherapy in tumor of childhood demands the investigation and consideration of the psychological aspects of this afflicting therapy. In this paper the results obtained by questioning and observing 28 children of different ages, their parents, attendants and employees of several radiological departments are discussed. As the children's fantasies and the resulting anxieties and reactions are depending on the respective intellectual and emotional developmental stage detailed proposals concerning the preparation and performance of radiation in toddlers, school children and adolescents are presented.