A new definition of 'pain': An imperative of our times

Pain Clinic

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-282

  Ibarra, Eduardo ^a  

^a NONE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33750070064     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856906778026185     Document Type: Review

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