Non-Pharmacological Cancer Pain Management course
This session covers the principles of non-drug management of cancer pain.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Identify the non-drug therapies available in the treatment of cancer pain
- Explain when and how non-drug therapies should be used
- List the interventional nerve blocks that might be available for cancer pain
- Recognize the possible problems and adverse consequences of these interventional procedures
It is the harsh reality of life that we all shall die at some time. The only difference between clinicians and carers and a patient who is suffering with a terminal illness is that the patient knows that they will probably die in the near future.
Dr Tordoff trained in Cape Town, South Africa and graduated in 1980. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1987 and he was appointed as a consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management in 1993. He initially worked in Northampton before moving to Leicester in 2001. Dr Tordoff is based at the Leicester General Hospital and he also works at LOROS where he is involved in the management of patients with cancer-related pain.
Dr Tordoff’s clinical interests involve the management of patients with persistent (chronic) pain, including back and neck pain, joint and muscle pain, neuropathic pain, and pain following trauma. He has a special interest in patients with cancer-related pain. He also undertakes medico-legal work.
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