The psychological aspects of pediatric trauma: perspectives on patient, family, and provider.
Pediatric trauma engenders multi-system injury--physiological as well as psychological. Not only does injury to a child affect the patient, but also the family system within which the child functions. Professional caregivers, too, are not immune to the emotional aftermath of pediatric traumatic injury. Effective management of the pediatric trauma patient must, therefore, include an understanding of the psychological aspects of injury--for the patient, the family, and the provider. This chapter seeks to delineate these variables in an effort to promote effective identification of the emotional components of injury and facilitation of necessary interventions in promoting positive overall injury outcomes.
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Kamela K
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Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, USA. kamela.scott@jax.ufl.edu
D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*