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Abstract
Clinicians are often challenged to find targets for intervention in older adults with chronic pain. This article highlights 3 targets clinicians should consider when formulating their multimodal treatment plans to include older patients' attitudes and beliefs about pain and pain treatments, expectations regarding treatment outcomes, and pleasurable activity pursuits.Entities:
Keywords: Beliefs and attitudes; Patient expectations; Pleasant activity scheduling
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27741971 PMCID: PMC5108571 DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.06.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Geriatr Med ISSN: 0749-0690 Impact factor: 3.076