We just came across a fancy patient information form that was given to a patient after an assessment by a clinician. The form just blew our minds (but not in a good way) because it seemed to be the perfect clinical tool for generating ongoing pain and disability, and all by the simple process of ramping up the fear. So, just for fun, we thought … [Read more...]
Misinformed Consent? What not to tell a patient with back pain
Filed Under: Back pain, Benedict Wand, BiM Team, Clinical, Collaborators, Conditions, Neil O'Connell, Rehabilitation, Spinal stuff, Treatments Tagged With: Ben Wand, clinical assessment of pain, Neil O'Connell, Pain, pain management, patient management
Five questions you should ask a patient in pain
I recently did a talk for a bunch of GP's. The brief I got was to make the really tough task of assessing someone in pain a little easier - 'Perhaps you could tell them which questions to ask' were the exact words I think. So, here are the slides. I have tried to make the pretty self explanatory, although Heidi has been trying to get me to do a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Pain, Slide Presentations Tagged With: chronic pain, clinical assessment of pain, pain management
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