A well-functioning multidisciplinary team manages problems of chronic pain by first evaluating which of the following?
a. the meaning of the pain for the client
b. the intensity of the pain
c. psychopharmacological treatment
d. the effects of surgical procedures
A
The first thing to be evaluated is what the pain means to the client. In some cases, there is no medical solution that completely eliminates the chronic pain a client may be experiencing. Therefore, by understanding what the pain means to the client, the team can have a greater understanding of how the pain influences how the client leads his or her life. The team can then use this information to develop a treatment plan that, if not eliminating the client's pain, will at least allow the client to live productively in spite of the pain.
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