Hospitalisation can be very traumatic for children. They are subjected to an environment which they do not understand, nor have any control over, they are faced with many unfamiliar sights, sounds and smells and they have to undergo frightening and often painful procedures. The purpose of this study was to develop and describe a model for the facilitation of support for children in a haematology-oncology unit. The following research questions were asked: What are the needs of children in a haematology-oncology unit? What are the resources that can be mobilised so that the needs of these...