title: How to improve pain management practices.
abstract: This is the final article in a six-part series that has highlighted how a range of factors can affect patients' experience of pain. The series closes with a consideration of how evaluation of pain management can help, raise awareness of such issues and lead to improvement in the quality of care.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*