Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 101-107, July 2007

Kindness Kills: The Negative Impact of Pain as the Fifth Vital Sign

Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

Received 18 October 2006; accepted 25 January 2007. published online 14 May 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.Supported by the Interstitial Fluid Fund, Account 4-44966.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00152-4

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.062

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 101-107, July 2007