This chapter covers challenges in defining, measuring, and improving quality in pain management as well as patient safety issues. These are in some cases distinct and in others inextricably interrelated. They are each debated on national and international levels, and…
Rationale for Pain Management Being a Healthcare Policy Priority Chronic pain is a major cause of suffering, disability, lost productivity, and diminished quality of life across the entire life span and around the world. The global burden of chronic pain…
“Chronic pain is a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon that may interfere with many aspects of a person’s life—ability to work, personal relationships, and both physical and mental health”. The National Pain Strategy “Pain for me, arrives as a complete package, and…
The Rationale Over the last decade, several surgical practices and public health initiatives, in addition to drug and technology advancements, have impacted inpatient acute pain services worldwide, for example, the continued development and implementation of less invasive surgical techniques, such…
Definition of Pain The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) updated the definition of pain in 2020. The previous definition remained unchanged for more than 40 years (originally released in 1979), but it provided a necessary and widely…
THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881) Management of pain, such as the management of any disease, is as old as the human race. In the view of Christians, the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden produced a long life…