Treat the Patient, Not the Pain: Using a Multidimensional Assessment Tool to Facilitate Patient-Centered Chronic Pain Care

J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Aug;33(8):1235-1238. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4456-0.

Authors

Dale J Langford¹, David J Tauben², John A Sturgeon², Daniel S Godfrey², Mark D Sullivan³, Ardith Z Doorenbos⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, USA. dalejwl@uw.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴ Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, Seattle, WA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: assessment; chronic pain; pain management; patient-centered care.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chronic Pain / psychology
Chronic Pain / therapy*
Humans
Pain Management / methods
Pain Measurement / instrumentation*
Patient Reported Outcome Measures*
Patient-Centered Care / methods*
Primary Health Care / methods

Grants and funding

K24 NR015340/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States