Establishing a cancer pain clinic in a developing country: Effect of a collaborative link project with a UK cancer pain center

This paper describes a project for the establishment of a cancer pain clini c in a developing country. The project was conducted according to guideline s from the World Health Organization and utilized a link with an existing c ancer pain clinic in the UK. The principal methods used for establishing th e new pain clinic included: an assessment of barriers to effective cancer p ain control, teaching programs for nursing and trainee doctors, educational links with a UK cancer pain clinic, and analgesic guidelines and introduct ion of a pain assessment tool. As a result of these interventions, a new ca ncer pain clinic was founded. The methods used serve cis one possible model for establishing cancer pain treatment facilities in developing countries. (C) U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee, 2001.