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Assessing the pain of people with cognitive impairment

✍ Scribed by Ailsa K. R. Cook; Catherine A. Niven; Murna G. Downs

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 73 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199906)14:6<421::aid-gps932>3.0.co;2-y

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✦ Synopsis

This review presents evidence of the undertreatment of pain for people with cognitive impairment and explores reasons for this, emphasizing inadequate detection due to lack of suitable pain assessment protocols. Implications for practice and suggestions for further research are made.

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