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Versus: How Can We Help You?
A comic about the hard parts of pain and medical care, and the free tools that make them easier.
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Held Down: A Point-of-View Comic
A comic that explores an adult recalling an early childhood memory about being held down at the doctor's office.
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Code C.L.I.O. Podcast: The Pediatric Pain Point with Dr. Jody
Dr. Jody joins Code C.L.I.O. to talk pediatric pain management, why child life specialists are essential clinicians, and how the Meg Foundation started with one blunt idea: kids hurt more than they have to.
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Child Life Specialists Poster
An illustrated guide to the people who help kids cope through some of the hardest moments in healthcare — who they are, what they do, and why every family should know to ask for one.
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When Child Life Is Part of the Team, Everything Changes
When Child Life is woven into care from the start, better outcomes follow.
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When Pain Science Caught Up
How Black Healers and Physicians Shaped the Way We Treat Pain Today
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No Family Should Face This Alone
What would you give to keep a child from falling through the cracks? Right now, too many families are left behind—navigating pediatric care alone, often without insurance, support, or access to help.
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Should I Call A Doctor? Podcast: More than play
Child life specialist rockstar Jamie Gentille answers common questions about how she helps young patients navigate the emotional and psychological challenges of medical care.
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Why the World Needs the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
An interview with Dr. Rita Agarwal, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Stanford and founding member of SPPM
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Helping Kids Cope? Yeah, It’s Kinda Our Thing
Child Life Specialists are the undercover superheroes of pediatric healthcare—and when they team up with the Meg Foundation? Let’s just say pain, fear, and anxiety don’t stand a chance.
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Chronic Pain Is On The Rise—Here’s What You Can Do About It Now
Earlier this week, The Washington Post featured a startling stat in their Big Number series: nearly 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. experienced chronic pain last year. And that is up from 20.4% in 2019! Let that sink in.
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Nine reasons why pain management is a big deal
Even though we all live with it, we still get asked—usually by someone who isn’t currently in pain—‘Is it really that big a deal?’ As a pain nonprofit, we can say with complete confidence: Heck yes, it is!
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