J Korean Pain Soc.
1988 Dec;1(2):137-144.
The Assessment of Pain
- Affiliations
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- 1Dr. Kim's Pain Clinic, Chong Ju City, Korea.
Abstract
- The assessment of pain, an essentially subjective experience is an elusive and complex undertaking but is one of main problems as well as treatment in pain medicine. It is important to measure quality and quantity of pain for accurate diagnosis and establishing the treatment program and evaluation treatment outcome. Author review several measures of assessment of pain and suggest some elements for ideal form of korean pain scale.
