This article surveys worldwide medical, ethical, and legal trends and initiatives related to the
concept of pain management as a human right. This concept recently gained momentum …

To improve assessment and management of pain in nonverbal older adults with dementia,
an effective means of recognizing and evaluating pain in this vulnerable population is …

▪ Abstract Summary of consensus: 1. The use of opioids in cancer pain: The criteria for
selecting analgesics for pain treatment in the elderly include, but are not limited to, overall …

Background Nursing homes are important providers of end-of-life care to persons with
advanced dementia. Methods We used data from the Minimum Data Set (June 1, 1994, to …

While great strides have been made recently in improving end-of-life care in the United
States, people with dementia often die with inadequate pain control, with feeding tubes in …

Death with dementia is increasingly common. Although prognostication is difficult, it is an
incurable life-limiting illness for which palliative care for the patient is often appropriate …

This study updates a previous analysis of trends in medical use and abuse of opioid
analgesics, and provides data from 1997 through 2002. Two research questions were …

Background: Opioid abuse has increased at an alarming rate. However, available evidence
suggests a wide variance in the use of opioids, as documented by different medical …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of analgesics used, their prescribing patterns, and
associations with particular diagnoses and medications in patients with persistent pain …

Older adults in nursing homes experience pain that is often underassessed and
undertreated. Visual analog painintensity scales, recommended for widespread use in …