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Unit
I: Pain and Symptom Management |
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Unit
I: Pain and Symptom Management |
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MODULE OVERVIEW: |
Pain is a frequent
problem in any medical practice, whether associated with advanced
illness or other acute or chronic conditions. Pain is the physical
symptom that patients and families fear most. Although we, as physicians
now have very effective treatments at our disposal, pain remains one of
the most poorly assessed and treated physical symptoms. Lack of
knowledgeable and experienced physicians and myths about addiction
continue to be significant barriers to good pain management,
contributing unnecessarily to patient and family debilitation and
suffering. This module is divided into 7 parts:
We
suggest you begin with Part I and work your way successively through
each part of this module. Click on Part I to get started: |
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INDEX: |
Part
1: Barriers to good pain
management Part 2: Pain assessment Part 3: Pain treatment Part 4: Adjuvants to opioids Part 5: Opioid adverse effects Part 6: Summary and "take home" points Part 7: Answers to case studies |
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ACKNOWLEDGE- MENTS: |
Much
of this module on pain management was adapted in whole or in part with
permission from the Project to Educate Physicians on End-of-Life Care,
The EPEC Project, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
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