A Child in Pain: What Health Professionals Can Do to HelpThis 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. |
Contents
3 Nerves talking to each other | |
7 Referred pain | |
8 The BodySelf Neuromatrix | |
2 Body | |
Pain TreatmentsPsychological Physical and Pharmacological | |
Chapter 5 | |
1 The Pain Switch at Work | |
1 Directions to lead a child to use all five senses in imagining | |
Physical Methods to Relieve Pain | |
Pharmacological Methods to Relieve Pain by Stefan Friedrichsdorf MD Leora Kuttner | |
Pain and Anxiety Management in Pediatric Practice | |
Communicating with a Child in Pain | |
2 Considerations in Choosing Language | |
1 Biopsychosocial Model of Pain | |
Chapter 4 | |
Assessing and Measuring Pain with Carl L von Baeyer PhD | |
1 Developing a Functional Analysis | |
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