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MeSH Heading: Pain Clinics
Tree Number(s): N02.278.035.380.600; N02.278.216.500.968.527.600; N04.452.442.452.422.527.600
Unique ID: D018710
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018710
Annotation: for diag & ther; coord IM with specific dis (IM) if pertinent
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Acute Pain Service; Multidisciplinary Pain Centers; Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics; Pain Centers; Pain Relief Units; Pain Service, Acute
Previous Indexing: Pain (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/05/23
Revision Date: 2019/07/09

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