Chronic pain in primary care

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 475-482

  Smith, Blair H ^a   Hopton, Jane L ^b   Alastair Chambers, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Complementary therapies; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032849393     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.5.475     Document Type: Review

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