Open AccessDoes pain behavior influence assessment of pain severity?
Author(s) -
Geetha Desai,
Santosh K. Chaturvedi,
Lalitha Krishnaswamy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.132634
Subject(s) - medicine , pain assessment , pain management , acute pain , nursing assessment , physical therapy , medline , anesthesia , political science , law
Nurses are involved in assessment of pain in most clinical settings. Pain continues to be underestimated and undertreated.