Book description
This comprehensive book is designed to help pediatric health
professionals of all disciplines gain understanding and skill in how
to approach and treat children's pain, and how to help children make
sense of and deal with their own pain. Pain is the most common reason
for children to seek a medical consultation - and sometimes a common
reason for avoiding it. Unaddressed fears and anxiety complicate pain
management and recovery. A central theme in this book is the
examination of children's fears and anxieties that accompany their
need for pain relief, and the communication skills and words that can
help calm these fears. This book is addressed to all disciplines, in
its valuing of the professional-patient relationship and in the
language used to allay anxiety, address fears and promote relief and
well-being. It is organized into three parts:Part I explores our
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. Part III uses this
understanding to help translate knowledge into clinical practice in
three domains of pediatric medicine: the physicians' practice, the
dental practice, and in the hospital. This volume also includes
contributions by Dr. Jonathan Kuttner, on the neuroanatomy and
neurophysiology of pain, Dr. Carl von Baeyer on pain assessment, and
Drs Stefan Freidrichsdorf and Helen Karl on the pharmacological
management of pain. Without doubt, this volume will stand as the
bible” on pediatric pain management for years to come.
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.
