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. 2007 Jan;91(1):13-20, vii.
doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.10.009.

The taxonomy of pain

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The taxonomy of pain

Harold Merskey. Med Clin North Am. 2007 Jan.

Abstract

An ideal taxonomy should be comprehensive and its categories should be mutually exclusive. Every item should have a particular place either on its own or with other items that resemble it. This is rarely, if ever, achievable in practice in medicine. The reasons for this are explained. The taxonomy developed by the Task Force on Taxonomy of the International Association for the Study of Pain is described as well as the basis for it.

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