The Rationale An estimated 48 million inpatient surgical procedures are performed annually in the United States (National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009, cdcinfo@cdc.gov ). Although it…
Defining Pain The first task of the authors of any taxonomy is to know what they are talking about. Sometimes knowledge is taken for granted. A taxonomy of pain needs…
History is a distillation of rumor. THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881) Management of pain, like management of disease, is as old as the human race. In the view of Christians, the fall…
