title: Pain management. An executive's guide.
abstract: Six years after the Joint Commission set standards requiring hospitals to establish pain management policies and regularly assess patients, there's still much work to be done. This executive guide examines various types of pain treatment facilities, and presents case studies of hospitals that have innovative management programs for common types of pain: pediatric, palliative and chronic.
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Runy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology; D018710:Pain Clinics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010372:Pediatrics; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology