Assessment and treatment of persistent pain in persons with cognitive and communicative impairment

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1379-1387

  Snow, A Lynn ^a,b   Shuster Jr , John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cognitive impairment assessment; Dementia; Nursing home; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DONEPEZIL; LORAZEPAM; MEMANTINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE; TRAMADOL; TRAZODONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33750911299     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20317     Document Type: Article

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