The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 12 , Pages 1217-1225 , December 2009

Chronic Pain in Hospitalized Infants: Health Professionals' Perspectives

  • Rebecca R. Pillai Riddell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Psychiatry Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Rebecca Pillai Riddell, York University, The O.U.C.H. Lab, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, 119 Behavioural Sciences Building, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3.
    • ,
  • Bonnie J. Stevens

      Affiliations

    • Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Patricia McKeever

      Affiliations

    • Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Sharyn Gibbins

      Affiliations

    • Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Newborn and Developmental Paediatrics, Sunnybrook and Women's, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Liz Asztalos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Newborn and Developmental Paediatrics, Sunnybrook and Women's, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Joel Katz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Sara Ahola

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Laila Din

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 24 September 2008 ,Revised 16 April 2009 ,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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 Supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, a C.I.M.R. New Investigator Award to Dr Pillai Riddell, and student awards to Ms Din and Ms Ahola (also supported over the duration of this project by the Ontario Graduate Scholarship program).

PII: S1526-5900(09)00522-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.04.013

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 12 , Pages 1217-1225 , December 2009

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