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Assessing Pain in Older Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Raymond C. Tait
Raymond C. Tait
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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In recent years, pain control has become a topic of increased interest in the United States. Although the interest originated in professional societies (the American Pain Society has called for pain to be treated as a “fifth vital sign”), regulatory agencies have now picked up on the issue. For example, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), probably the most important of the regulatory agencies, has established standards for pain assessment to be implemented by the upcoming year (JCAHO, 2000).

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Guest Editorial
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 2000 , pp. 421 - 424
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© 2000 International Psychogeriatric Association