strategy
Anaesthetizing
Synonyms:
Killing painRelieving severe pain
Using anodynes
Training clinical pain relief
Researching control of pain
Managing pain
Description:
Relieving pain, especially during surgery; considered a science in itself.
Context:
Methods of relieving pain were first developed in connection with surgery many thousands of years ago in Assyria, Egypt, China, India and other countries. Most ancient anodynes were extracted from herbs, roots and leaves and included opiates and fermented produces with alcoholic content. In Egyptian medicine, entire garlic cloves inserted in the rectum were said to relieve pain, and according to ancient Chinese medicine, needles inserted in certain places in the body alleviated pain.
Claim:
Pain can be caused by treatments and by advancing disease that is not amenable to treatment. It is therefore important to treat pain whenever it occurs, even while trying to determine what has caused it.
Broader:
Avoiding painStudying Narrower:
Managing acute painStudying chronic pain reliefUsing pain relieving medicationResearching medication side effectsEmploying non-drug measures for relieving pain Constrains:
Administering pain Facilitated by:
Training anaesthesiologistsResearching local anaesthesia Problems:
Inadequacy of pain controlPain
Values:
PainReliefKillingSelf-control Organizations:
International Association for the Study of Pain Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain European Hernia Society Association internationale - Ensemble contre la douleur International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spinal IUPS Commission on Somatosensory Physiology and Pain International Pain Foundation International Spinal Injection Society References:
Jackson, Marni: Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign Subjects:
Medicine → Nervous systemSocial Activity → Welfare
Societal Problems → Destruction
Research, Standards → Research
Health Care → Clinical
Health Care → Surgery
Education → Training
Management → Management
Cybernetics → Control
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
