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Pain Clinics

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Definition: Facilities providing diagnostic, therapeutic, and palliative services for patients with severe chronic pain. These may be free-standing clinics or hospital-based and serve ambulatory or inpatient populations. The approach is usually multidisciplinary. These clinics are often referred to as "acute pain services". (From Br Med Bull 1991 Jul;47(3):762-85)  for diag & ther; coord IM with specific dis (IM) if pertinent    Other names Pain Clinic; Pain Centers, Multidisciplinary; Pain Center, Multidisciplinary; Pain Center; Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic; Multidisciplinary Pain Center; Clinics, Pain; Clinics, Multidisciplinary Pain; Clinic, Pain; Clinic, Multidisciplinary Pain; Centers, Pain; Centers, Multidisciplinary Pain; Center, Pain; Center, Multidisciplinary Pain; Acute Pain Services; Pain Service, Acute; Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics; Units, Pain Relief; Unit, Pain Relief; Services, Acute Pain

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