Chronic Primary Pain
Airing Pain 64: Patients, Pills and Policies
February 17 , 2015
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Making pain patients’ voices heard across Europe and changing the prescribing culture
This edition has been funded by Grünenthal.
Almost 100 million EU citizens have chronic pain, but there is still much progress to be made in improving diagnosis and treatment. Pain Concern’s Rowena Jacobs attended the fifth Societal ...
Airing Pain 52: Better Care for People in Pain
January 15 , 2014
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How to ensure people in pain get the best treatment: a new guideline for chronic pain in Scotland
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government.
At the launch of a new guideline on treatment of chronic pain in Scotland, Paul Evans speaks to patients ...
Airing Pain 48: Nursing Beyond Drugs
November 20 , 2013
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How nurses can use relaxation therapy, massage, acupuncture and empathy to help people manage their pain
[For a Welsh language transcript please click here.]
This edition has been funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All Programme in Wales.
‘Imagine how it feels if you’re in pain and people won’t ...
The Ellis Family
May 14 , 2013
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Tom Ellis developed chronic pain after falling on ice. His father Richard describes how the family pulled together to get through their ‘year from hell’
At the start of 2012 the nation was full of optimism, anticipation and great expectation for the forthcoming year: a year that would ...
Airing Pain 43: Patient Involvement and Pain Management
May 08 , 2013
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Involving pain patients in health services and learning how to self-manage pain whilst working
This programme was funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards For All programme in Northern Ireland.
In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul Evans travels to Northern Ireland to visit a patients’ organisation, the Patient ...
Airing Pain 36: Societal Impact of Pain
July 04 , 2012
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Evaluating the cost of chronic pain to society and improving public health policy on pain
This programme was funded by an educational grant from Grünenthal.
In this programme we explore issues affecting the management of chronic pain across the diverse societies of Europe.
In May 2012 over 400 delegates representing ...
Airing Pain 31: Brain Imaging: Looking into your pain
April 18 , 2012
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How pain can be seen in the brain, and the research showing pain to be a condition in its own right
This programme was funded by Pain Concern’s supporters and friends.
In this programme we feature two areas of research which are helping in the understanding of pain.
Professor Karen ...
Airing Pain 1: Introduction to Pain
September 28 , 2010
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What is chronic pain and how can we manage it? We talk to health professionals and patients to find out more
In the first Airing Pain programme we introduce the subject of pain and its management, featuring contributors with a variety of expertise and experience. Professors Blair Smith and Richard ...