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 comprehensive book is designed to help health professionals of all disciplines who work with children gain understanding and skill in how to approach and treat children's pain, and help children understand and cope with their own pain. Pain is the most common reason for children to seek a medical consultation and sometimes the most common reason for avoiding it. This book examines children`s fears and anxieties that accompany their need for pain relief, and gives health professionals communication skills and words to calm these fears. Without doubt, this volume will become a standard on pediatric pain management for many years to come.;

This comprehensive book is designed to help health professionals of all disciplines who work with children gain understanding and skill in how to approach and treat children's pain, and help children understand and cope with their own pain.

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.'