“Is there any way I can get something for my pain?” Patient strategies for requesting analgesics

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Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Oct 28;98(2):137–143. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.10.021

Example 3. P=39-year-old black male
1	NP:	Are you breathing okay? Chest pain? Cough? Shortness of breath?
2		Palpitations? Heart irregular?
3	P:	Other than my back I'm in perfect health, I think.
4	NP:	Okay.
5	P:	Is there any way I can get something for the pain?
6	NP:	Yeah, once I examine you, I'll write for um some pain medicine.