"Christmas Balls": a Christmas carol by the adolescent cancer patients of the Milan Youth Project

The Youth Project is a program developed at the Pediatric Oncology Unit at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan, dedicated to adolescents and young adults with cancer. Among its various goals, the Youth Project organizes structured creative activities with the support of professionals, with the ob...

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Published inTumori Vol. 103; no. 2; p. e9
Main Authors Ferrari, Andrea, Signoroni, Stefano, Silva, Matteo, Gaggiotti, Paola, Veneroni, Laura, Magni, Chiara, Casanova, Michela, Chiaravalli, Stefano, Capelletti, Mirko, Lapidari, Pietro, Clerici, Carlo Alfredo, Massimino, Maura
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2017
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Cancer Care Facilities
Hope
Humans
Italy
Neoplasms - psychology
Program Development - methods
Social Support
Young Adult
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Summary:The Youth Project is a program developed at the Pediatric Oncology Unit at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan, dedicated to adolescents and young adults with cancer. Among its various goals, the Youth Project organizes structured creative activities with the support of professionals, with the objective of offering young people a new way to express their hopes and fears. This article describes a project centered around music: patients created a Christmas carol with the help of musicians and authors. The adolescents explained with their own words the meaning of the lyrics, telling the story of a Christmas spent in a cancer hospital ward.
ISSN:2038-2529
DOI:10.5301/tj.5000597