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7. Pain in Special Populations

Pain in Neonates, Children, and Adolescents

Assessment

Methods for Assessing Pain

Self-Report

Behavioral Observation

Pain Management

Medical Interventions

Analgesics and Adjuvants

Analgesics for Neonates and Young Infants

Epidural Analgesia

Nonpharmacologic Methods

Assessing the Adequacy of Pain Management Strategies

Elderly Patients

Patients With Psychiatric Problems Associated With Cancer Pain

Depression in Patients With Cancer Pain

Suicide and Cancer Pain

Anxiety

Delirium and Its Effects on Treating Pain

Substance Abusers

Minority Populations

Pain in Patients With AIDS