Certified child life specialists help children and families cope with the hospital experience through play therapy, art therapy, and explaining medical procedures. The program at Akron Children's ...

A commentary on a visually “satisfying” surgical or medical procedure, explaining what is happening clinically during the ...

Pain does not follow a universal scale. Medicine has never found a ranking that fits every patient. The International Association for the Study of Pain says pain is always personal. It also says ...

With any medical procedure—whether surgery, an MRI, or placing tubes in a child's ears—little kids don’t understand what’s happening even after it’s explained. They don’t know what’s wrong with their ...