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Editorial 

79 Out of the Opioid Fog: A Personal Perspective

Joyce S. Willens

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80 The Pain Experience of Post Surgical Patients Following the Implementation of an Evidence-Based Approach

Denise Bédard, Margaret Ann Purden, Nicole Sauvé-Larose, Cynthia Certosini, and Constance Schein

93 Effects of a Quality Improvement Program in Acute Care Evaluated by Patients, Nurses, and Physicians

Elisabeth Hansson, Bengt Fridlund, and Inger Hallström

109 Predictors of Self-Rated Health in Patients with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain

Sandra L. Siedlecki

117 Evaluation of the Revised Faces Pain Scale, Verbal Descriptor Scale, Numeric Rating Scale, and Iowa Pain Thermometer in Older Minority Adults

Laurie Jowers Ware, Cynthia D. Epps, Keela Herr, and Abbot Packard

126 Patient-Controlled Oral Analgesia: A Low-Tech Solution in a High-Tech World

Patti Kastanias, Kianda E. Snaith, and Sandra Robinson