...of psychological constructs. The IASP (1979) definition makes this explicit in describing pain as: "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." This focus on experiential qualities has a number of major implications...

...Harold Merskey Introduction Pain is identified by the International Association for the Study of Pain as 'an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage'. This definition enables the physician to recognize that it is not...

...sexual desire in patients with chronic pain. Physiological Impact on Sexuality Pain has been defined as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage" (International Association for the Study of Pain Subcommittee on...

...and play an important role in the study of pain mechanisms [for review see 1,2]. Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Alternatively, it can be described in terms of such damage [3]. The sensory component of pain (nociception)...

...assessment of pain The International Association for the Study of Pain has defined pain as follows: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of damage. (Merskey, 1986, p. S217) Pain is undoubtedly a subjective experience;...

...pain and/or discomfort and their working definitions include the following. II. DEFINITIONS Pain — An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage;7 pain in animals is an aversive sensory experience that elicits...

...world, and they did far better than the famous blind men defining an elephant. Pain, they reported, is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." 8 We should notice that they define pain not as a sensation but...

...objective measurement. 'Pain' has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as 'an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage'. It involves a stimulus, nociception and sensation, and also components...

...sufficient organic findings. The International Association for the Study of Pain has defined pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage" (1986, p. s217). This definition removes the direct tie between...

...cases of emotion and feeling, scientists have been able to reach a consensus regarding the definition: pain is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." 18 The merit of this definition is that it not only covers pains...