Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 240-247 , December 2007

Nonpharmacologic Pain Management Strategies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

  • Kim Anderson Khan, PsyD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Kim Anderson Khan, PsyD, Jane B Pettit Pain and Palliative Care Center, 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave, PO Box 1997, MS 792, Milwaukee, WI 53201.
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  • Steven J. Weisman, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.08.008

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 240-247 , December 2007

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