What helps when it hurts: Children's views on pain relief

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 430-438

  Franck, Linda S ^a,b,c   Sheikh, A ^b   Oulton, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's views; Health beliefs; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAINTINGS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 44949195951     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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