Pain Medicine

Hospitals seek to spare children's pain

Published in Lab Law Weekly, July 23rd, 2004

The medical community appears to have heeded the American Academy of Pediatrics' policy statement on childhood pain. Issued in 2001, the policy urges doctors to relieve needless suffering by better anticipating and assessing pain, creating soothing environments in their offices and getting parents more involved.

The Pain Center at Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio uses everything from acupuncture to aromatherapy to soothe children undergoing medical procedures or recovering from surgery.

The Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California, has a "Child Life" team dedicated to making hospital stays as comfortable as possible. And at...

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Source: Lab Law Weekly (2004-07-23)

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