The Pain Clinic I

Recent progress in pain prevention and advances in associated technology have brought about an increase in the number of pain clinics. These clinics now adopt, by necessity, a multidisciplinary approach to the problems involved in pain prevention and treatment. This symposium, held in Delft in 1984, provided an international forum at which pain clinicians could exchange new experiences and ideas and discuss the latest methods of pain treatment. The Proceedings contain expert contributions on the role of neurotransmitters; neurological treatment for cancer pain; pain treatment of non-malignant origin; stimulation; continuous drug application systems and practical points on the setting up of pain clinics.