Establishing a cancer pain clinic in a developing country: effect of a collaborative link project with a UK cancer pain center.
This paper describes a project for the establishment of a cancer pain clinic in a developing country. The project was conducted according to guidelines from the World Health Organization and utilized a link with an existing cancer pain clinic in the UK. The principal methods used for establishing the new pain clinic included: an assessment of barriers to effective cancer pain control, teaching programs for nurses and trainee doctors, educational links with a UK cancer pain clinic, and analgesic guidelines and introduction of a pain assessment tool. As a result of these interventions, a new cancer pain clinic was founded. The methods used serve as one possible model for establishing cancer pain treatment facilities in developing countries.
Williams
J E
JE
Pain Management and Anesthesia, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Chandler
A
A
Ranwala
R
R
DeSilva
B S
BS
Amarasinghe
I
I
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D018710:Pain Clinics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D013188:Sri Lanka; D006113:United Kingdom