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OPML Opioids in Non-Cancer Pain

Cathy Stannard, Michael Coupe, Anthony Pickering

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Nov 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780199231232
Published to Oxford Medicine:
May 2011
DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199231232.001.0001

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Current good practice in pain medicine

Chapter:
Current good practice in pain medicine
Author(s):

Cathy Stannard,

Michael Coupe,

Anthony Pickering

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199231232.003.0004

• Pain is a complex sensory and emotional experience upon which there are numerous influences.

• Pain is related to dysfunction physically, socially, emotionally, and vocationally.

• Techniques for the management of acute pain have poor applicability to the management of persisting symptoms.

• Assessment of pain should include evaluation of patients' beliefs about their symptoms and an exploration of the impact of symptoms on the patient's life.

• Trust between patient and therapist underpins successful pain management.

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