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Airing Pain 86: Sickle Cell Disease
February 01 , 2017
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Patient and clinician perspectives on living with Sickle Cell disease and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach
This edition has been funded by donations from Pain Concern’s friends and supporters.
An estimated 15,000 people in the UK are living with Sickle Cell disease and at least 250,000 are carriers. ...
Airing Pain 67: Biopsychosocial and spiritual?
March 31 , 2015
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The place of faith in pain relief, plus physiotherapy meets mental health, and educating doctors
This edition is funded by a donation from the residents at Falcon House, Edinburgh.
It’s well established that pain needs to be understood and treated as a biopsychosocial problem, but what about the spiritual ...
Airing Pain 63: Interventional Pain Management
February 03 , 2015
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From nerve-blocks to spinal cord stimulators: how interventional approaches can help
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This edition has been funded by Pfizer.
Physiotherapy, exercise, medications and clinical psychology all play an important role in pain management, but what happens if these treatments don’t give people ...
Online course set to improve pain treatment
November 21 , 2013
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December sees the launch of a new e-PAIN programme designed to improve early diagnosis and management of pain. The multi-disciplinary programme is aimed at all NHS healthcare professionals who do not specialise in pain medicine, but regularly encounter patients suffering from acute or chronic pain. Dr Douglas ...
Airing Pain 41: Inside a Multidisciplinary Pain Team
April 10 , 2013
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A look at how experts from different backgrounds work together in multidisciplinary pain teams
This edition was funded by the Big Lottery Fund's Awards For All programme in Northern Ireland.
Presenter Paul Evans travels to Northern Ireland to meet a multidisciplinary pain team at Craigavon Area Hopsital, including doctors, ...