In recent years, modern medicine has made huge strides in helping chronically ill children live longer. That’s good news for many kids and their families. But when it comes to managing pain, emotional distress and discomfort, the news is less good. Jerome Groopman, the Dina and Raphael Recanati Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Joanne Wolfe, associate professor of pediatrics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, were recently guests on Radio Boston to discuss this issue.
