Total Pain: Euphemism and Mission Drift in the Treatment of Non-Physical Pain

1. Describe the historical meaning of “total pain,” and its application in current practice.2. Identify euphemism as a rhetorical form, and to see it as an invitation to consider the hidden, stigmatized, and under-examined.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research