UNSPECIFIED. (1996) The end of the road? Lay views on a pain-relief clinic. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 43 (7). pp. 1127-1136. ISSN 0277-9536

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Abstract

Studies of the lay evaluation of pain-relief clinics are rare, particularly in the U.K. Hence, in an attempt to rectify this lacuna, this paper reports the findings of a small-scale qualitative study which charts the vicissitudes of hope acid despair of attenders at pain-relief clinics in London. In doing so, we demonstrate the complex interplay between peoples' pain careers, their styles of adjustment, socio-demographic characteristics, and their evaluations of medical treatment. Sadly, for many of these patients, this was the end of the road and their last hope of finding relief. Unfortunately, however, the overarching feeling was of medicine having ''failed'' them. The paper concludes with a discussion of these findings and some suggestions for possible future research in this area. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences
Journal or Publication Title:	SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
ISSN:	0277-9536
Official Date:	October 1996
Dates:	Date Event October 1996 UNSPECIFIED
Volume:	43
Number:	7
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 1127-1136
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/18372

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