What is a pain center?
The authors present the concept that a multi-disciplinary interdepartmental pain center should include: 1) an initial out-patient pain clinic, 2) an inpatient pain service for diagnosis of pain problems and treatment of patients with intractable pain, including pain from cancer, 3) a psychotherapeutically-oriented chronic benign Pain Unit, 4) facilities for clinical and basic pain research, and 5) affiliations for an adequate teaching program.
D002140:California; D004501:Education, Medical; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000379:methods; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D059408:Pain Management; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D012106:Research