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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 Williams
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 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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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Social Science and Medicine

ISSN

0277-9536

Issue

7

Volume

43

Page range

1127-1136

Pages

10.0

Department affiliated with

  • Sociology and Criminology Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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