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Abstract
Every infant, child, and adolescent will experience pain at times throughout their life. Childhood pain ranges from acute to chronic, and includes procedural, disease-related, breakthrough, and other types of pain. Despite its ubiquity, pain is a major challenge for individuals, families, health-care professionals, and societies. As a private mental experience, pain is often hidden and can go undiscussed or ignored. Undertreated, unrecognised, or poorly managed pain in childhood leads to important and long-lasting negative consequences that continue into adulthood, including continued chronic pain, disability, and distress. This undertreatment of pain should not continue, as there are available tools, expertise, and evidence to provide better treatment for childhood pain.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | P47-P87 |
Journal | The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 13 Oct 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
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Fellowship - Identifying Children who Develop Chronic Pain after a Fracture Injury
Fisher, E. (PI)
4/02/19 → 5/04/26
Project: UK charity
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Addressing the Unmet Need of Chronic Pain: Providing the Evidence for Treatments of Pain
Eccleston, C. (PI)
National Institute for Health Research
1/07/14 → 31/10/18
Project: Central government, health and local authorities