Asking patients to rate their pain on a scale from zero to 10 is “a simple but baffling request,” Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, wrote in a July 2 opinion piece for KFF Health News. Dr. Rosenthal, a senior ...
Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I trained as a physician and have asked ...