Chronic Cancer Pain management - a Multi-disciplinary approachManagement of chronic pain has become multimodal (pharmacotherapy, psychological approaches, physical approaches, practical educational and interventional procedures) and multidisciplinary, with emphasis on a range of strategies aimed at maximising pain reduction, improving health-related quality of life, independence and mobility. Successful long-term management requires the use a range of specialist treatments, which are administered by a multidisciplinary team to ensure delivery of treatment that is tailored to individual patient needs. Our referral criteria helps to identify which patients will benefit from this multidisciplinary approach, and includes patients who have not responded to initial therapy, or who have important levels of psychological, physical and/or social dysfunction.
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