The history of children's perioperative care / Jeremy Jolley -- The psychosocial care of children in the perioperative area / Linda Shields -- Care of the child in the operating room / Linda Shields and Ann Tanner -- Nursing care and management of children's perioperative pain / Bernie Carter and Denise Jonas -- Surgical procedures on children / Linda Shields and Ann Tanner -- Day surgery for children / Ann Tanner -- Anaesthesia in children / Wendy McAlister -- The paediatric post-anaesthetic care unit / Eunice Hanisch -- Fetal surgery / Roy Kimble -- Perioperative care of children with burns / Roy Kimble and Julie Mill -- Paediatric transplantation / Rebecca Smith and Susan Tame -- The care of children having endoscopic procedures / Janet Roper and Linda Shields -- Ethical and legal issues in paediatric perioperative care / Linda Shields