Making pain assessment and management a healthcare system priority through the new JCAHO pain standards

Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 5-20

  Berry, Patricia H ^a,b   Dahl, June H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Institutional change; JCAHO; Management; Pain; Standards

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 0033838705     PISSN: 10564950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/j088v08n02_02     Document Type: Review

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