Pain control and mechanisms for the measurement of pain
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- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Psychopharmacology
- Vol. 5 (4) , 360-363
Abstract
Three different aspects of pain measurement have been selected for review in this paper. In the first section important scales for the measurement of subjective pain are evaluated and some of the main shortcomings outlined. Then follows a discussion of how perceptions of pain control can be assessed using available scales. Finally ways of looking at coping strategies for pain control are addressed.Keywords
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