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Serious Games for Health and Medicine (802) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (761) Emotional, Social, Psychological Support for Cancer (250) Chemotherapy and Side Effects Management (110) Health Services Research in Oncology (60) Usability of Virtual Reality Simulations (80) Digital Health, Telehealth and e-Innovation in Clinical Settings (556) Games and Gamification for Health (777)

Published on in Vol 10, No 1 (2022): Jan-Mar

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/29579, first published .
Experiences of Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy With Virtual Reality: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Experiences of Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy With Virtual Reality: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Experiences of Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy With Virtual Reality: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Authors of this article:

Anna Janssen1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jennifer Fletcher2 Author Orcid Image ;   Melanie Keep3 Author Orcid Image ;   Naseem Ahmadpour4 Author Orcid Image ;   Anika Rouf5 Author Orcid Image ;   Michael Marthick6 Author Orcid Image ;   Rebecca Booth7 Author Orcid Image
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