An historical view of pain management How we got to where we are!
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Cancer Nursing
- Vol. 12 (4) , 257-61
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00002820-198908000-00009
Abstract
Over the past 2,000 years the knowledge and theories about pain have evolved through six general stages. Beliefs and practices related to pain from each of these stages continue to influence our contemporary attitudes and practices regarding pain. Optimal pain control demands the integration of all that is known about pain into a holistic approach which benefits the patient experiencing the pain.Keywords
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