A Child in Pain: How to Help, What to Do

by Leora Kuttner

A Child in Pain is an indispensable guide for parents who want to help when their child is hurting. Childhood pain is a fact of life. No matter the cause, from a scraped knee to the debilitating pain of serious illness, parents need to know how pain and pain-relief techniques work. A Child in Pain enables parents to bring this knowledge into the home, doctor's office, or hospital.
You will learn to teach your child ways to cope with the pain as well as ensure that it is properly managed by health care professionals. There is even a method to anesthetize the pain of common childhood injections. Also included is valuable information on medications and their uses, benefits, and risks.

Paperback

First published March 1, 2008

Reviews

[Chelsea]

As a future pediatric health psychologist, I found this book to be very informative. I've already used many of the techniques with children I volunteer with at the local children's hospital and have had great results.