TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 52. Pain Management
A1  - Koo, Peter J.S.
A2  - Sutton, S. Scott
PY  - 2011
T2  - McGraw-Hill's NAPLEX® Review Guide
AB  - Pain  is  an  unpleasant  sensation  that  can  negatively  affect  all  areas  of  a  person's  life,  including  comfort,  thought,  sleep,  emotion,  and  normal  daily  activity.1  Pain,  as  defined  by  the  International  Association  for  the  Study  of  Pain,  is,  "An  unpleasant  sensory  and  emotional  experience  associated  with  actual  or  potential  tissue  damage  or  described  in  terms  of  such  damage.  Pain  is  always  subjective."  Because  pain  is  a  variable  and  personal  experience,  it  is  difficult  to  completely  describe  and  measure  objectively.  The  clinician  must  therefore  guard  against  personal  biases,  which  can  interfere  with  treatment.  One  must  also  rely  on  tools  such  as  pain  scales  to  communicate  with  patients  and  understand  the  extent  of  their  pain.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7254705
ER  -