Treating pain in the older person.
Clinical guidance on the management of pain in elderly patients is presented. The way in which pain presents in elderly people and how it differs form other segments of the population are discussed.
Hunt
Tim
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Pallative Medicine, Brookfield Hospital, Cambridge, CB1 3DF, England, drtim.hunt@medicambs.fsnet.co.uk
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010146:Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*