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'The End of the Road'? Lay views on a pain relief clinic
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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:26 authored by Gillian A Bendelow, Simon J WilliamsStudies 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 and 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.
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Social Science and MedicineISSN
0277-9536External DOI
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7Volume
43Page range
1127-1136Pages
10.0Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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