Child life specialists help children and their families through hospital treatments

June 18, 2018

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We take you to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where child life specialists, specially trained staff who help the patient and their family understand treatments and procedures and provide emotional support, are at work making hospital stays better for the tiny patients.

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