When Your Child Hurts - Effective Strategies to Increase Comfort, Reduce Stress, Break Cycle

Informationen zum Autor Rachael Coakley, Ph.D., is associate director of Psychological Services in the Pain Treatment Service and director of the Comfort Ability Pain Management Program, Boston Children's Hospital. She is also assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Klappentext "Parents of a child in pain want nothing more than to offer immediate comfort. But a child with chronic or recurring pain requires much more. His or her parents need skills and strategies not only for increasing comfort but also for helping their child deal with an array of pain-related challenges, such as school disruption, sleep disturbance, and difficulties with peers. This essential guide, written by an expert in pediatric pain management, is the practical, accessible, and comprehensive resource that families and caregivers have been awaiting. It offers in-the-moment strategies for managing a child's pain along with expert advice for fostering long-term comfort"--Page 4 of cover. Zusammenfassung The foremost resource for parents and caregivers seeking ways to help their child increase comfort and overcome chronic pain

Product details

• Authors: Rachael Coakley, Coakley Rachael
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780300204650
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20465-0
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Yale University Press Health & Wellness; Yale University Press Health &; Yale University Press Health & Wellness; Yale University Press Health &
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Entwicklungspsychologie, Pädiatrie, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, Medical / Nursing, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, MEDICAL / Pain Medicine, Pain & pain management, Advice on parenting, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Pain and pain management, Parenting: advice and issues, MEDICAL / Pain Management, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General