[Pain in the elderly].
Pain leads to unpleasant sensory or emotional experience for any individual. In the elderly, given their biopsychosocial characteristics, the pain requires a specific approach, different from other age groups: this is the objective of this article, which dealt with the different types of pain, the assessment and treatment of the same.
Departamento de Enfermeria, Universidad de Extremadura.
Laura
L
Muñoz Bermeho
Inés
I
Casado Verdejo
José Antonio
JA
Iglesias Guerra
Jorge
J
Guerrero Martín
Belen
B
López Pertegal
Salvador
S
Postigo Mota
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management