| 1 | The earliest hospitals of all | 1 |
| 2 | From the battle of the visitors to the present day | 16 |
| 3 | Children in hospital today: how many, what they do, and who looks after them | 30 |
| 4 | What children understand about health, illness, and treatment | 43 |
| 5 | Communicating with children and parents | 52 |
| 6 | Play | 63 |
| 7 | Preparation | 73 |
| 8 | Emotional factors | 84 |
| 9 | Pain | 106 |
| 10 | Life-threatening conditions | 121 |
| 11 | Body and mind | 137 |
| 12 | Munchausen syndrome by proxy | 146 |
| 13 | Cooperation with treatment | 152 |
| 14 | Counselling | 162 |
| 15 | Surgery | 176 |
| 16 | Accident and emergency departments | 185 |
| 17 | Adolescents | 191 |
| 18 | People who work in hospitals | 196 |
| 19 | Who cares for the carers? Stress in hospital staff | 203 |
| 20 | Ethical and legal issues | 220 |
| 21 | The hospital of tomorrow | 244 |
| Appendix 1: Specialist children's dispensaries and hospitals founded in Britain during the 19th century | 250 |
| Appendix 2: Ethical aspects of the use of videotaped recordings | 252 |
| Appendix 3: Guidelines on child protection | 254 |
| Index | 257 |