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Pain and symptom management

BC Children's Hospital offers an Advanced Symptom & Palliative Care service that assists children and families who are living with progressive, life-threatening diseases and the health care professionals caring for them.  This service supports both inpatients and outpatients.

The following list provides some additional sources of information on pain and symptom management:

Websites:
BC Cancer Agency - Pain & Symptom Management
International Association for the Study of Pain - Global Year Against Pain in Children
University of Michigan - Pain and Your Child or Teen

Books and Publications:
A Child in Pain - How to Help, What to Do.  Author:  Dr. Leora Kuttner
Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care in Children.  Published by the World Health Organization
Pediatric Pain Letter Centre for Pediatric Pain Research

Film:
Making Every Moment Count by Dr. Leora Kuttner

Page updated March 2006