Three strands of activity can be identified in the history of pain measurement. The first,
psychophysics, dates back to the nineteenth century and measures the effect of analgesia …

The neuropsychological performance of 119 patients with severe closed traumatic brain
injury TBI who had received toxicology screens at the time of trauma centre admission was …

Although numerous reports exist in the literature regarding health care professionals'
opinions towards euthanasia and the general public's views, few studies have conducted a …

In the second half of the twentieth century, the clinical management of patients suffering pain
from advanced cancer was transformed. This paper describes cancer pain management …

CONTEXT: Opioid therapy is central to the management of pain in the field of generalist
palliative and end-of-life care, and international guidelines highlight the need for opioids to …

Effect of motivation on neuropsychological test performance in mild head injury was
assessed. Motivation was measured using the Portland Digit Recognition Test. Three …

Objective: To use the findings from neuropsychological evaluation and functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess interhemispheric reorganization of function after early …

Context At present, there is no widely used systematic evidence-based holistic approach to
assessment of patients' supportive and palliative care needs. Objectives To determine …

Abstract Background Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral for Care (SPARC) was
developed in response to concerns that palliative care may not be reaching all people who …

This article considers published accounts by people with personal experience of cancer,
and cancer pain, from 1945 to the present. These firsthand stories communicate deeply …