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. 2018 Mar 5;3(2):e643.
doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000643. eCollection 2018 Mar.

The International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: as valid in 2018 as in 1979, but in need of regularly updated footnotes

Rolf-Detlef Treede  1
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The International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: as valid in 2018 as in 1979, but in need of regularly updated footnotes

Rolf-Detlef Treede. Pain Rep. .

Abstract

Milton Cohen, John Quintner, and Simon van Rysewyk proposed a revision of the IASP definition of pain of 1979. This commentary summarizes, why this proposal is useful for guiding assessment of pain, but not its definition.

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