RT Book, Section
A1 Berger, Ann
A2 Boyiadzis, Michael M.
A2 Frame, James N.
A2 Kohler, David R.
A2 Fojo, Tito
SR Print(0)
ID 1128367901
T1 Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management
T2 Hematology-Oncology Therapy, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071637893
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128367901
RD 2024/04/25
AB Definition  of  PainPain  is  “an  unpleasant  sensory  and  emotional  experience  associated  with  actual  or  potential  tissue  damage”  (IASP  Subcommittee  on  Taxonomy,  p.  250).  What  this  tells  us  is  that  pain  is  far  more  than  a  physical  phenomenon;  it  clearly  has  a  sensory  and  emotional  component.  A  very  important  definition  of  pain  is:  “Pain  is  whatever  the  experiencing  person  says  it  is,  existing  whenever  he/she  says  it  does”  (McCaffery,  p.  95).  This  is  important  in  that  it  is  critical  to  always  believe  the  patient  with  cancer  who  says  that  he/she  has  pain  Pain  terms:  a  list  with  definitions  and  notes  on  usage.  Recommended  by  the  IASP  Subcommittee  on  Taxonomy.  Pain  1979;6:249–252McCaffery  M.  Nursing  Practice  theories  related  to  cognition,  bodily  pain,  and  man–environment  interactions.  Los  Angeles,  UCLA  Student  Store,  1968