Pediatric Pain

This text on paediatric pain discusses the management of procedural and chronic pain in a medical facility, assesses children's medical experiences and temperament, and attempts to predict their responses to their adulthood medical experiences.

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This special issue was written to bring together a variety of perspectives in the field of children's health care in the hopes of stimulating future dialogue and scholarly endeavors among pediatricians, nurses, child life workers, and pediatric psychologists. These articles highlight a wide range of topics related to the assessment and management of pain, including the ethics of pain management and children's descriptions of pain. The contributors discuss the management of procedural and chronic pain in a medical facility, assess children's medical experiences and temperament, and attempt to predict their responses to their adulthood medical experiences. Together, these findings from various investigators provide a useful compedium for sythesizing, evaluating, and interpreting the rapidly expanding literature relating to pain in children.