Understanding Key Terms in Pain Management

Pain management is the systematic study of clinical and basic science and its application for the reduction of pain and suffering. This newly emerging discipline emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to treatment, blending tools, techniques and principles taken from a variety of the healing arts to create a holistic paradigm for the reduction of pain and suffering.
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Patients' Right to Palliative Care

Technical expertise is available to treat 90% of all pain in terminal illness. Guidance is available to medical facilities and doctors on how to treat pain and where to get help if they're stumped.
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Patient Comfort Assessment Guide

Some people find it difficult to talk about pain — to find just the right words to describe what the pain feels like or to remember when it was at its worst, or when they last felt their best. Doctors who treat chronic pain often use a form like this Patient Comfort Assessment Guide to help them create a complete "picture" of a chronic pain problem. The questions ask about pain symptoms and about medications, how well they worked and about any side effects they may have caused. If you suffer from chronic pain, it might be a good idea to fill out this assessment form and take it with you when you see your doctor next. You can download it and print it out. The information may be helpful for both you and your doctor.

To download the assessment form, right click (Win) or click and hold (Mac) the link and select Save Target As...

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