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.
Experience and assessment of pain in individuals with cognitive impairments
✍ Scribed by Pia Gabre; Kerstin Sjöquist DDS
- Book ID
- 109385443
- Publisher
- Special Care Dentistry Association
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 706 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0275-1879
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