Product Description

From colic and teething to serious injuries, Soothing Your Child's Pain helps parents understand the pain their child is experiencing so that they can better comfort him or her. A renowned expert in this area, author Kenneth Gorfinkle provides proven techniques parents can use to understand and soothe their child's hurting. His techniques, which vary by the age of the child and his or her symptoms, include touch, visualization, massage, distraction, and dispensing appropriate medicinal treatment.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2037959 in Books
• Published on: 1998
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

From Library Journal
Adults tend either to make a huge fuss about children's pain or dismiss it. The coordinator of psychological services for the department of pediatric oncology at Babies and Children's Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, Gorfinkle helps parents and other caretakers find a balance between these two reactions by explaining what pain is and how parents can best alleviate both the physical and the emotional symptoms. Gorfinkle offers suggestions and techniques to help assess and treat children's pain, including ailments such as headaches, abdominal pain, and teething, as well as ways to prepare children for procedures such as immunizations and to help them develop coping skills. Conventional medications and alternative therapies are both discussed, as is the importance of parental attitudes toward pain. Recommended for health collections.?Anne C. Tomlin, Auburn Memorial Hosp. Lib., N.Y.
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Ingram
Dr. Garfinkle shows how touch, visualization, massage, distraction, and othertechniques can help ease the hurt when a child has aches from teething, tummypains, and illnesses and injuries.