Assessment of post-operative pain in children: who knows best?

• Main Authors: Anjalee Brahmbhatt (Author), Tope Adeloye (Author), Ari Ercole (Author), Steven M. Bishop (Author), Helen L. Smith (Author), Daniel W. Wheeler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pain assessment in children can be extremely challenging. Most professional bodies recommend that parents or carers should be involved with their child's pain assessment; but the evidence that parents can accurately report pain on behalf of their children is mixed. Our objective was to examine...