title: Children's cognitive level and perception of pain.
abstract: Doctors and nurses tend not to approach children according to their developmental level. Children develop an understanding of illness and of the cause and effect of pain that reflects Piaget's stages of cognitive development. Until nurses begin routinely to consider a child's developmental level when assessing pain, children will continue to suffer unnecessary pain and anxiety.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Postgraduate Division, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Twycross
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010465:Perception