Towards a Mechanism-Based Approach To Pain Diagnosis and Treatment (25 min.)

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Dr. Clifford Woolf reviews the current state of understanding about pain mechanisms and the implications of that understanding for both diagnosis and treatment. The presentation was recorded at the Effective Pediatric Pain Management and End of Life Care conference on March 6, 2021.

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Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD
Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center and Neurobiology Program
Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School




Dr. Clifford Woolf reviews the current state of understanding about pain mechanisms and the implications of that understanding for both diagnosis and treatment. The presentation was recorded at the Effective Pediatric Pain Management and End of Life Care conference on March 6, 2021.

 

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

  1. Discuss the fundamental basic pain mechanisms.


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Nurse

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Physician Assistant

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Disclosure Statement

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients: 

Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD: Founder of Nocion Therapeutics and QurAlis; Scientific Advisory Board Member for Enclear Therapies and Cyngal

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