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Some common stressors that hospitalized children may experience include the following:
- loss of bodily control
- forced dependence
- loss of competence
- fear of bodily mutation or deformities
- fear of loss of bodily functions
- fear of pain
- fear of death
- fear of anesthesia (unknown sleep)
- isolated from peers and school
- limited caregiver involvement
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