Fundamentals of chronic pain in children and young people: multimodal management and treatment

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#Children and young people, #Pain management

Chronic pain is common in childhood but is not always recognised by health professionals. Therefore, adopting a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to treatment can help to minimise the negative effects of this condition.

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This resource is aimed at nurses and nursing support workers across all settings and levels of practice, including students of health, social work and care professions.

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Jennifer Stinson

Mary Jo Haddad nursing chair in child health, Peter Lougheed CIHR new investigator scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Nurse practitioner, Chronic Pain Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Associate professor, Lawrence S Bloomberg, faculty of nursing, University of Toronto, Canada

Paula A Forgeron

Assistant professor, School of nursing, University of Ottawa, Canada.

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Last Reviewed: 05/12/2024