This paper is another of the papers presented at a conference on Pain organised under the auspices of the London Medical Group. Mark Swerdlow deals with the work of pain relief clinics and explores their value. He gives the background as to what these clinics are, describes who is treated, how they are staffed and finally offers his opinion as to their effectiveness.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Prior research indicates that primary care physicians have predominantly negative attitudes toward chronic pain patients, and chronic pain patients have predominantly low satisfaction with the care and treatment they receive in primary care. This current state of affairs highlights the need for Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) innovations for the treatment of chron...

This chapter addresses the questions of which patients might profitably be referred to pain clinics, as well as when this should happen for the optimum results. Since there are many different types of pain clinic, the question of to which pain clinic should a patient be referred is also examined. The development of multidisciplinary pain clinics and the types of services (assessment and treatme...

introduction: chest pain is a common compliant in children and adolescents visiting the clinic. we assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children referred a pediatric cardiology clinic in cardiac center in south west of iran.materials and methods: we assessed children with chest pain who visited our medical center during march 2013 to april 2014. any case of trauma associated ches...