title: Chronic pain: modern concepts in management.
abstract: Chronic intractable pain is one of the major contributors to overwhelming social and industrial disruption in contemporary society. Taditional medical techniques have proven inadequate in dealing with the vast array of psychosocial problems associated with the chronic pain syndrome, as instanced by the proliferation of the alternative therapies now available. The multidisciplinary pain clinic has emerged as one solution.
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team