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Assessing pain
— [use of national guideline, The Assessment of Pain in Older People] | | Author(s) | Pat Schofield, Robert Short |
| Journal title | Nursing Older People, vol 20, no 4, May 2008 |
| Pages | pp 16-18 |
| Source | http://www.nursingolderpeople.co.uk |
| Keywords | Pain ; Evaluation ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), the British Geriatric Society (BGS) and the British Pain Society have published national guidelines, 'The assessment of pain in older people' (2007). Pat Schofield, a member of the Guideline Development Group, calls on nurses to use the guidelines when evaluating pain. The guidelines not only help in assessing pain in older people who are able to communicate with their carers, but are also suitable for use with those who have cognitive impairment, communication difficulties, or language and cultural barriers. Guidelines for the management of pain in older people are to be published by 2010. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080506202 A |
| Classmark | CT7: 4C: 583 |
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