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Treating pain in children can teach us about treating pain in adults

  • Written by Hilary A. Marusak, Postdoctoral research fellow, Wayne State University
Instructor Sensei Giuseppe of Kids Kicking Cancer Italy, teaching a young cancer patient in Bergamo, Italy, on June 6, 2018. Elimelech Goldberg/Kids Kicking Cancer Italy , CC BY-SA

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