Interpreting the Meaning of Pain Severity Scores

Poor pain management practices are generally discussed in terms of barriers associated with the patient, clinician and/or health care organization. The impact of deficiencies in the tools that are used to measure pain are seldom addressed. Three factors are discussed that complicate the measurem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marilyn J Hodgins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2002-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/971935