A Child in Pain: What Health Professionals Can Do to Help

Kuttner, Leora; Zeltzer, Lonnie (Foreword); Schechter, Neil L. (afterword);

ISBN 10: 1845904362 / ISBN 13: 9781845904364

Published by Crown House Publishing Ltd, Bethel, CT, USA, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Child in Pain: What Health Professionals Can Do to Help
• Publisher: Crown House Publishing Ltd, Bethel, CT, USA
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845904362
• ISBN 13: 9781845904364
• Binding: trade paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Self-Help & Health

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Synopsis

This volume is designed to help pediatric health professionals gain a true understanding of childhood pain. Pain is the most common reason for children to seek a medical consultation and sometimes is the most common reason for avoiding it. Unaddressed fears and anxiety complicate pain management and recovery. This book comprehensively examines children's fears and anxieties that accompany their need for pain relief, and gives the professional the communication skills and words that can help calm these fears. This book is addressed to all disciplines, and is organized into three parts: Part I explores the scientific understanding of pain as a part of children s development; Part Ii explores pain treatments themselves, their efficacies and how to combine them for therapeutic impact; and Part Iii uses this understanding to help translate knowledge into clinical practice in three major arenas of pediatric health care and the general practice setting: the physicians office, the dentist's office, and in the hospital. Without doubt, this volume will become a standard on pediatric pain management for many years to come.

About the Author

Leora Kuttner, PhD is a pediatric clinical psychologist who specializes in children's pain management. She is a Clinical Professor in the Pediatric Department of the University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Kuttner has authored 'A Child in Pain, How to Help, What to Do,' a book for parents, and as a film-maker has co-produced and directed award winning documentaries on pediatric pain management: 'No Fears, No Tears,' 'No Fears, No Tears 13 Years Later,' and 'When Every Moment Counts.'