The end of the road? Lay views on a pain-relief clinic
The end of the road? Lay views on a pain-relief clinic
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DOI：
10.1016/0277-9536(96)00033-0
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发表时间：
1996-10-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Williams, SJ
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作者：
Bendelow, GA;Williams, SJ
对止痛诊所的非专业评估的研究很少，特别是在英国。因此，为了弥补这一缺陷，本文报告了一项小规模定性研究的结果，该研究描绘了伦敦止痛诊所的就诊者希望和绝望的变迁。在此过程中，我们展示了人们的疼痛经历、他们的适应方式、社会人口特征以及他们对医疗的评估之间复杂的相互作用。可悲的是，对于许多患者来说，这是路的尽头，也是他们寻求解脱的最后希望。然而不幸的是，最重要的感觉是医学“失败”了他们。本文最后讨论了这些发现，并对该领域未来可能的研究提出了一些建议。版权所有 (C) 1996 爱思唯尔科学有限公司
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