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Article: Guided Imagery for Treating Pain.
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- Alternative Medicine Alert
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Guided Imagery for Treating Pain
By Donal P. O?Mathuna, PhD
Dr. O?Mathuna is a lecturer in Health Care Ethics, the School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Ireland; he reports no consultant, stockholder, speaker?s bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study.
Pain management has received dramatically increased attention in recent years, as evidenced by the new Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) regulations..sup.1 Pain is now considered ?the fifth vital sign,? requiring regular assessment and appropriate intervention. In spite of this, misunderstanding ...