Raising Awareness on the Clinical and Social Relevance of Adequate Chronic Pain Care

Silvia Natoli, Alessandro Vittori, Marco Cascella (), Massimo Innamorato, Gabriele Finco, Antonino Giarratano, Franco Marinangeli and Arturo Cuomo
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Silvia Natoli: Department of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy
Alessandro Vittori: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, ARCO Roma, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
Marco Cascella: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS, Fondazione Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy
Massimo Innamorato: Department of Neuroscience, Pain Unit, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, AUSL Romagna, 48121 Ravenna, Italy
Gabriele Finco: Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
Antonino Giarratano: Department of Surgical, Oncological, and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Franco Marinangeli: Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Treatment, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Arturo Cuomo: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS, Fondazione Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Appropriate pain care should be regarded as a right and effectively guaranteed to people with chronic pain (CP). Law 38, enacted in Italy in 2010, establishes the citizen’s right not to suffer. Twelve years later, such right appears still disregarded in Italy and the current access to adequate pain care reveals significant shortcomings. In addition, a mismatch between CP-associated burden and the available healthcare resources in the framework of our national health system has been observed. This article gathers the perspectives of a Board of Italian anesthesiologists on the state of the art of CP management in Italy and aims at strengthening the scientific rationale and clinical relevance of pursuing the enforceability of the right not to suffer and at promoting widespread multidisciplinary care of patients with CP.

Keywords: chronic pain; pain management; pain therapy network; care pathways; right enforceability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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