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'''Pain medicine''' is a specific medical subspecialty within the broader, interdisciplinary field of | '''Pain medicine''' is a specific medical subspecialty within the broader, interdisciplinary field of pain management]]. Some subspecialty training programs do call themselves '''pain management'''. | ||
While this is a subspecialty, its physician practitioners may be in the role of primary physician for a patient whose chief complaint is a | While this is a subspecialty, its physician practitioners may be in the role of primary physician for a patient whose chief complaint is a chronic pain syndrome]]. Pain medicine physicians also are the experts in difficult acute, chronic, and end-of-life pain relief through a wide range of modalities. | ||
The field was first defined as a subspecialty of | The field was first defined as a subspecialty of anesthesiology]], but it quickly became obvious that a wide range of specialties, including neurology]], radiology]], surgery]], family medicine]], pediatrics]], internal medicine]], and obstetrics and gynecology]] could be reasonable pathways to the fellowship. Dentistry]], especially when the dentist is trained in maxillofacial surgery]], is another pathway. |
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Pain medicine is a specific medical subspecialty within the broader, interdisciplinary field of pain management]]. Some subspecialty training programs do call themselves pain management. While this is a subspecialty, its physician practitioners may be in the role of primary physician for a patient whose chief complaint is a chronic pain syndrome]]. Pain medicine physicians also are the experts in difficult acute, chronic, and end-of-life pain relief through a wide range of modalities. The field was first defined as a subspecialty of anesthesiology]], but it quickly became obvious that a wide range of specialties, including neurology]], radiology]], surgery]], family medicine]], pediatrics]], internal medicine]], and obstetrics and gynecology]] could be reasonable pathways to the fellowship. Dentistry]], especially when the dentist is trained in maxillofacial surgery]], is another pathway. |