Journal of pain & palliative care pharmacotherapy
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2008
Biofeedback in pain management: Bier blocks for complex regional pain syndrome.
This feature presents information for patients in a question and answer format. It is written to simulate actual questions that many pain patients ask and to provide answers in a context and language that most pain patients will comprehend. Issues addressed in this issue are the role of the biofeedback in pain management and Bier blocks for complex regional pain syndrome.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2008
Awareness and action for eliminating health care disparities in pain care: Web-based resources.
Evidence shows that disparities in pain care exist, and this problem spans across all health care settings. Health care disparities are complex, and stem from the health system climate, limitations imposed by laws and regulations, and discriminatory practices that are deep seated in biases, stereotypes, and uncertainties surrounding communication and decision-making processes. ⋯ Web sites for federal agencies, private foundations, and professional and consumer-oriented organizations provide useful information on disparities related to age, race, ethnicity, geography, socioeconomic status, and specific populations. The contents of 10 Web sites are examined for resources to assist health professionals and consumers in better understanding health and pain disparities and ways to overcome them in practice.
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Progress in our understanding of the roles of genetics in pain and its management is described. New techniques are discussed, along with some potential uses of gene therapy. Relative gene expression, polymorphisms, and specific genes that influence interindividual responses to pharmacotherapy for pain are described.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2008
Evidence-based pain management and palliative care in Issue One for 2008 of the Cochrane Library.
The Cochrane Library is published quarterly. Issue 1, 2008, contains 3,385 complete reviews, 1,786 protocols for reviews in production, and 7,048 one-page summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature. ⋯ The health technology assessment database contains 7,177 citations. This edition of the Library contains 86 new reviews of which 7 have potential relevance for practitioners in pain and palliative medicine.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2008
Paying for complementary and alternative medicine treatment: information for patients. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Institutes of Health.
This report is adapted from a fact sheet published on-line by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) of the National Institutes of Health. The information is intended for patients considering CAM and who need information on how such services can be paid for or the patients and families reimbursed for the costs of CAM therapy.