Translating the tears: Parents' use of behavioural cues to detect pain in normally developing young children with everyday minor illnesses or injuries

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-904

  Franck, L ^a   Noble, G ^a   Liossi, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Injury; Pain; Parent perceptions; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRYING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650446223     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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