Journal of pain & palliative care pharmacotherapy
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Oct 2023
The Role of Health Coaching in Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacy Practice.
Whole-person care is essential in the management of patients with chronic pain and serious illness. Pain, suffering, and comfort do not fall under typical chronic disease management and cannot be boxed nicely into algorithms of evidence-focused, biomarker-based goal achievement like hypertension or diabetes. ⋯ In the setting of pain management, this would include pain coaching. This commentary will highlight the role of health coaching in the setting of chronic disease and pain management, and the pharmacists' qualifications and potential contributions to health and pain coaching.