New IASP definition of pain

• New IASP definition of pain:

  • an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage
• New IASP definition of pain notes pt1:

  • pain is aways a personal experience that is influenced to varying degrees by biological, psychological and social factors
  • pain and nociception are different phenomena. Pain cannot be inferred solely from activity in sensory neurons
  • through their life experiences, individuals learn the concept of pain
• New IASP definition of pain notes pt2:

  • a persons report of an experience as pain should be respected
  • although pain usually serves an adaptive role, it may have adverse effects on function and social and psychological wellbeing
  • verbal descriptions is only one of several behaviour to express pain; inability to communicate doesnt negate the possibility that a human or a nonhuman animal experiences pain