Concept information
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health services research
health professionals and healthcare organizations
disease management
pain management
Preferred term
pain, pain perception, and behavior
Definition
- Pain is a complex biopsychosocial and culturally influenced phenomenon and has been a focus of medicine since ancient times. Although experienced by the sufferer as a noxious sensation, pain sometimes performs a useful function by alerting the individual to a bodily threat that requires immediate action (taking your hand off a hot stove or avoiding putting weight on a broken bone) or that acts as a signal for a more complex threat (e.g., pain may be a symptom of cancer). [Source: Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health; Pain, Pain Perception, and Behavior]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/pain,_pain_perception,_and_behavior
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