Pain Management by the Family Physician: The Family Practice Pain Education Project
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Pain management by the family physician: the family practice pain education project.
Pain is a common complaint of patients who visit a family physician, and its appropriate management is a medical mandate. The fundamental principles for pain management are: placing the patient at the center of care; adequately assessing and quantifying pain; treating pain adequately; maximizing function; accounting for culture and gender differences; identifying red and yellow flags early; und...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.suppl_1.s1