Pain Management: Nursing PerspectiveThis practical and up-to-date resource covers a broad spectrum of issues related to pain management. The first section presents the concepts of pain management, including physiology, theory, family treatment, and ethical decision making. Section two discusses pain management for infants and children. Section three then gives special attention to commonly encountered issues for selected patients, such as cancer patients, the elderly and burn patients. |
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Misbeliefs About Pain | 36 |
A Practical Approach to Pain Assessment | 59 |
A Family Perspective | 79 |
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