We care about the way our patients feel and want them to be as comfortable as possible during their time in our care. Pain is a normal response of the body to injury or illness, but thanks to modern medicine, we can often control a patient’s pain. While we may not be able to eliminate all pain, we can try to lower it to a tolerable level. This is pain management.

Patient Rights:

• To receive information about pain and measures to relieve pain
• To have caregivers who are concerned about a patient’s pain and responsive to reports of pain
• To receive state-of-the-art pain management
• To be able to voice any questions or concerns about pain management

Patient Responsibilities:

• To communicate the presence of pain to caregivers
• To ask for pain relief when the pain first begins and whenever the pain is not tolerable
• To discuss pain relief options with patient caregivers
• To participate in developing a pain management plan with patient caregivers