Issues of importance: maintaining comfort and compassion for patients in pain.
Addressing issues in the management of pain can create dilemmas for those caring for patients. This session examined the realities of current societal pressures, provider bias, and caregiver concerns in providing quality individualized pain management. This program also addressed how holistic care can improve the management of cancer pain.
D000698:Analgesia / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000451:nursing; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life