Through a child's eyes: a systematic review of how children's literature portrays adult cancer.
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BACKGROUND: Receiving a cancer diagnosis affects various domains of an individual's life. However, when an adult is diagnosed with cancer, the entire family unit is impacted. As many cancer patients have dependent children or grandchildren, children's books written about adult cancer can be useful resources helping families start conversations about this disease and subsequent treatment process. METHODS: While previous literature has examined patterns present in children's books about various subsets of cancer diagnoses, to our knowledge, no systematic review to date has explored themes throughout children's books written about adult cancer in general. The present study seeks to fill a gap in the literature by identifying themes present in children's books about any adult cancer diagnosis, whereas the intended audience of these books are children and grandchildren of adult cancer patients. RESULTS: Throughout the dataset of children's books (N = 54), four predominant themes were identified: validating cancer experiences, education, validating feelings, and positivity.