Managing patients with chronic pain during the Covid-19 outbreak

//Managing patients with chronic pain during the Covid-19 outbreak

Managing patients with chronic pain during the Covid-19 outbreak: Considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (e-health) pain management services

Across the world pain treatment centres have closed their doors. Due to the Covid-19
pandemic, healthcare providers are abruptly changing their care delivery to protect patients
and staff from infection, and to reallocate resource towards the greatest acute needs. Elective,
routine, and non-emergency casework has stopped in secondary and tertiary centres, while in
primary care, patients are requested to stay away or ‘socially distance’, and in residential care
facilities and hospices, strict isolation and separation protocols have been introduced.

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Eccleston, C., Blyth, F. M., Dear, B. F., Fisher, E. A., Keefe, F. J., Lynch, M. E., Palermo, T. M., Reid, M. C., & Williams, A. C. (in press). Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (e-health) pain management services. Pain.

2020-04-08T11:19:23-04:00

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