title: Dispelling modern day myths about children's pain.
abstract: Children are still enduring unnecessary pain. Nurses and other health care professionals continue to believe the misconceptions about paediatric pain which contribute to this. These misconceptions have all been shown to have no scientific basis.
authors.affiliation: University of Central England, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Twycross
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002983:Clinical Competence; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011287:Prejudice