| A Child in Pain: What Health Professionals Can Do to Help Contributor(s): Kuttner, Leora (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845904362 ISBN-13: 9781845904364 Publisher: Crown House Publishing OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pediatric Emergencies - Health & Fitness | Pain Management - Medical | Pediatrics |
| Dewey: 616.047 |
| LCCN: 2010920343 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.48 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kuttner, Leora: - "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 has also co-produced and directed award winning film documentaries on pediatric pain management, No Fears, No Tears, No Fears, No Tears - 13 Years Later, and When Every Moment Counts." |