Working with a child in pain is difficult, unavoidable and especially challenging when the child cannot explain what they are feeling. In this important book, Bernie Carter and Joan Simons bring together experience, evidence and research to deconstruct the topic and present the reality of children's[...]

Taking a unique approach to the study of children's nursing, this book tackles the broad, overarching issues which are essential to contemporary practice chapter by chapter. The authors focus on critically analysing research, evidence and theory, to help students meet the needs of the new degree cur[...]