Pain Medicine-a Primer
The American Board of Pain Medicine defines the specialty of Pain Medicine as “a discipline within the field of medicine that is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons in pain.” The Pain Medicine physician, or algiatrist, treats conditions in which patients may have pain and associated symptoms arising from a discrete cause, such as postoperative pain or pain associated with a malignancy. Alternatively, the pain specialist sees patients in which pain constitutes the primary problem, such as neuropathic pains or headaches.
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