Chronic Pain: Opportunities Amid Adversity

Chronic pain, experienced by patients across the lifespan, is a common global health problem. The management of chronic noncancer pain remains a discomfort among clinicians, in part, due to limited scientific understanding of the pathophysiology as well as difficulty accessing the comprehensive, multidisciplinary programs and services that are cited as best practice. In addition, the experience of how best to provide care to a person and population that experiences significant morbidity and effects quality of life amid limited evidence, limited effective treatments, treatment guidelines codified into law that stipulates how one must practice can result in vicarious trauma for the treatment community.
Source: Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research