[Instruction as counteraction - hospital school education as a help in coping emotionally with hospitalisation...

A survey of 128 hospitalised secondary school pupils carried out to investigate their attitudes towards the hospital, medical and paramedical staff is used to indicate the significance of play, instruction and work for hospitalised patients. A study of restrictions in the field of daily activities reveals that psychological sequelae are present in all hospitalised patients. In order to counteract these sequelae, i.e., compensate for, or prevent them, didactic and therapeutic goals for hospital instruction are set up and explained.