Categorizing Pain in Patients Seen in a Veterans Health Administration Hospital: Pain as the Fifth Vital Sign

Psychological Services

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-250

  Tan, Gabriel ^a,b   Jensen, Mark P ^c   Thornby, John I ^d   Rintala, Diana H ^b   Anderson, Karen O ^e  

^a Anesthesiology

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fifth vital sign; pain interference; pain screening; validating pain categories; veterans' health

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649111465     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.5.3.239     Document Type: Article

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