Family and chronic non-neoplastic pain

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Published: 1998-06-15

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Vélez Ángel, M. C. (1998). Family and chronic non-neoplastic pain. Medicina UPB, 17(1), 63-68. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/4070
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María Clara Vélez Ángel
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Abstract

This article aims to share the professional experience in Social Work with patients who suffer chronic, non neoplastic pain and their families, who have attended the Unit for the Care of the Patient with Pain, of the Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana. Theyare atended by an interdisciplinary group composed of specialists such as, algesiologist, neurosurgeon, Psychiatrist and professionals in Psychology and Social Work. This team is always more and more convinced that without the family of the patient, the results are different to habitual Doctor-Patient therapies.

Keywords:
Chronic pain, Family, Reinforcing behaviors, Interdisciplinary

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Author Biography

María Clara Vélez Ángel, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Social Worker, specializing in family, from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Social Worker of the Unit of Attention to the Patient with Pain of the Bolivarian University Clinic. Medellin. Colombia. S.A.

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