... 1978, p.157) The children also discuss their illnesses and the medical procedures amongst themselves: They sought out peers for information on the purposes of various treatments and procedures. They formulated hypotheses about the relationship between various symptoms and the drugs, procedures, or treatments employed, and checked them out ... their peers they know they"ll get a straight answer [from them]. (p. 181) The children even went out of their way to glean new information, by eavesdropping or lying, "One child went so far as to plant a tape recorder in the conference room [where t...

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