title: Best practice for managing patients' postoperative pain.
abstract: This article describes the development of a best practice statement on postoperative pain management. It examines why this area was considered a priority, the development process, the content of the statement and the recommendations emerging from it.
authors.affiliation: NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.
authors.forename: Anne-Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Penny
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bond
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019985:Benchmarking; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics