Wideman WH, et al. - In this study, investigators estimated the data to present the multimodal assessment model of pain (MAP) to integrate the subjective pain experience within research and practice. They delineated the qualitative (words, behaviors) and quantitative (self-reported measures, non–self-reported measures) assessment and considered the qualitative pain narrative as the best available root proxy to understand pain in others. MAP proposed the following frameworks to better address pain subjectivity: (1) delineating separate criteria to identify vs to estimate pain; (2) integrating compassion-based and mechanism-based management by both validating pain reports and evaluating underlying processes; (3) conceptualizing comprehensive pain assessment as both multidimensional and multimodal (listening/observing and measuring); and (4) describing how qualitative data help validate and contextualize quantitative pain measures.