Does Routine Pain Assessment Result in Better Care?
Author(s) -
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos,
Ying C. MacNab,
Amanda LintsMartindale,
Ronald R. Martin,
Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pain research and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1918-1523
pISSN - 1203-6765
DOI - 10.1155/2009/638585
Subject(s) - medicine , medline , pain assessment , psychology , intensive care medicine , pain management , physical therapy , political science , law
Although a variety of national organizations such as the Canadian Pain Society, the American Pain Society and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations have advanced the idea that pain should be assessed on a routine basis, there is little evidence that systematic pain assessment information is used routinely by clinicians even when it is readily available.
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