Strategies for managing chronic back pain range from traditional medical management approaches (e.g., pharmacotherapy) and self-management programs to interventional pain management techniques and complementary and alternative medicine [ 16- 22].
Given the dearth of information about persistent pain management strategies and complementary therapies used by older adults, the primary purpose of this study was to describe the use and perceived effectiveness of pain treatments, including complementary therapies, in a sample of older adults with persistent pain.
I see leading and management as complementary and related.
(Physiotherapist, outpatient clinic, Villiers le Bel, Paris suburb) Physicians insisted on the need for educational programs aimed at increasing competency rather than knowledge and on interdisciplinary programs because PIEM management implies different and complementary skills.
Recent alarming increases in delivery of opioid treatment and surgical interventions for chronic pain--despite their high costs, potential adverse effects, and modest efficacy [ 9- 12]--suggest the need to evaluate outcomes associated with promising non-pharmacological/non-surgical approaches for CMP management and treatment, including complementary and alterative medicine (CAM).
"Leadership and management should be integrated and complementary" (p.13), so that leadership is reflected in management roles at all levels [ 11].
Rather, leadership and management are two distinctive and complementary systems of action.
To examine the use of medical management, uterus-preserving surgery (UPS), and complementary treatments among women with uterine fibroids.
Investable companies are led by solid management teams with experience, knowledge and complementary skills, along with the ability to build a great culture as the company grows.
Many problems in structural analysis, optimization, management sciences, economics, variational inequalities and complementary problems coincide to find a solution of the equilibrium problem.
