Pedia Pain Focus

Frequent does not mean trivial and simple does not mean easy!  Says Dr. Chris Eccleston, PhD, director Center for Pain and Research at the University of Bath. A primary goal of medicine is to relieve pain and suffering. Sadly though, this is poorly achieved, especially when it comes to pediatric patients, despite ample evidence for the detrimental longitudinal effects of poorly managed pain in kids. Children’s pain should also be prioritized, yet why is is so hard to do that? How then do we make pediatric pain matter, visible, understood and better? In this episode, Dr Eccleston joins us to talk about how we can deliver transformative action in pediatric pain and make it matter. Dr. Chris is a Professor of Pain Science at the University of Bath in the UK, and he runs the Center for Pain and Research at the university. His contributions to clinical and research aspects of pediatric pain medicine  are immense. He has extensively written and published scientific and educational articles and stories that help the