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Managing chronic pain in children and adolescents
Effective responses are possible with non-evidence based clinical practice
BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7416.681-b (Published 18 September 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:681
- Philip Dutton, consultant clinical psychologist (maternal and child health) (pdutton@synapse2000.co.uk)
- Dollar, Central Scotland FK14 7ZA
EDITOR—Eccleston and Malleson highlighted the embarrassing lack of data on managing chronic pain in children but also the apparent ignorance and confusion surrounding the topic.1 Families, I agree, can be unnecessarily offended by labels such as psychosomatic, wrongly perceiving this to mean all in the mind if labels are misapplied, …
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