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)

Descriptor ID	D018710
MeSH Number(s)	N02.278.035.380.600 N02.278.216.500.968.527.600 N04.452.442.422.527.600
Concept/Terms	Pain Clinics Pain Clinics Clinic, Pain Clinics, Pain Pain Clinic Pain Relief Units Pain Relief Unit Unit, Pain Relief Units, Pain Relief Pain Centers Center, Pain Centers, Pain Pain Center Multidisciplinary Pain Centers Multidisciplinary Pain Centers Center, Multidisciplinary Pain Centers, Multidisciplinary Pain Multidisciplinary Pain Center Pain Center, Multidisciplinary Pain Centers, Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics Clinic, Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics, Multidisciplinary Pain Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic Pain Clinic, Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics, Multidisciplinary Acute Pain Service Acute Pain Service Pain Service, Acute Acute Pain Services Pain Services, Acute Service, Acute Pain Services, Acute Pain

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