...of psychological constructs. The IASP (1979) definition makes this explicit in describing pain as: “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.” This focus on experiential qualities has a number of major implications for the management of pain...

...Harold Merskey Introduction Pain is identified by the International Association for the Study of Pain as 'an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated...tissue damage or described in terms of such damage'. This definition enables the physician to recognize that it is not necessary to find a lesion somewhere...

...sexual desire in patients with chronic pain. Physiological Impact on Sexuality Pain has been defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...damage” (International Association for the Study of Pain Subcommittee on Taxonomy, 1979, p. 250). Chronic pain may be periodic, occurring intermittently; intractable...

...pain and/or discomfort and their working definitions include the following. II. DEFINITIONS Pain — An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated...tissue damage or described in terms of such damage; 7 pain in animals is an aversive sensory experience that elicits protective motor actions, results...

...Concerning the concept of pain, I adhere to the definition of the International Association of Pain (1979): “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage”. This definition pain is an emotion. In addition, the definition takes what the pain sufferer and his...

...assessment of pain The International Association for the Study of Pain has defined pain as follows: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated...or potential tissue damage or described in terms of damage. (Merskey, 1986, p. S217) Pain is undoubtedly a subjective experience; it can be measured only...

...world, and they did far better than the famous blind men defining an elephant. Pain, they reported, is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.” We should notice that they define pain not as a sensation but as an “experience.” Notice also that...

...objective measurement. 'Pain' has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as 'an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated...tissue damage or described in terms of such damage'. It involves a stimulus, nociception and sensation, and also components of suffering and behaviour....

...sufficient organic findings. The International Association for the Study of Pain has defined pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” (1986, p. s217). This definition removes the direct tie between tissue damage and pain, instead emphasizing...

...objective measurement. 'Pain' has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as 'an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated...tissue damage or described in terms of such damage'. It involves a stimulus, nociception and sensation, and also components of suffering and behaviour....