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Kids in pain: documentary shows how teens learn to live with pain

05-30-2007 · University of Bath

A Bath-based service that helps children and adolescents who suffer from long-term pain will be highlighted in a Channel 4 documentary on Sunday ('When the drugs don't work', 3 June, 8.20am).

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