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child life specialist
A health care practitioner who works specifically with children to assist in their recovery from illness. They provide play and distraction therapy for painful procedures. These specialists will work together with other disciplines in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) to help improve the health and well-being of critically ill children.

Keywords
child, life, specialist, children, therapy
Last modified at 9/8/2009 8:59 AM  by Committee 
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