Bringing Pain Relief to Children

by Finley, G. Allen; McGrath, Patrick J.; Chambers, Christine T., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781588296283
• ISBN10: 1588296288
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

A panel of prominent clinician-scientists comprehensively reviews the latest developments in pediatric pain management, with special emphasis on the setting in which pain is detected and managed. The authors explore the cutting-edge of children's pain care in inpatient, outpatient, palliative care, school, and residential settings, and describe alternate approaches, including complementary and alternative medicine, pain management via the internet and information technology, and pain care in developing countries.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Contributors	p. xi
Hospital-Based Pain Care for Infants and Children	p. 1
Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain in the Outpatient Setting	p. 31
Pain and Pain Relief in Pediatric End-of-Life Care	p. 59
Residential Treatment Settings for Adolescent Chronic Pain Management: Rationale, Development, and Evidence	p. 85
Managing Pediatric Pain at School	p. 113
Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approaches for Pediatric Pain: State of the Science	p. 131
Technology in Pediatric Pain Management	p. 159
Developing Pain Services Around the World	p. 177
Knowledge Translation and Pain Management	p. 199
Index	p. 229
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