The Medicolegal Challenges of Chronic Pain
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) describes pain as ‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage’(1). Although the association…
Read more Expressing and owning an opinion
In medicolegal cases, it is rare for the legal teams involved to have sufficient specialist knowledge to make a judgement on the medical issues raised by a case. Therefore, they rely on medical experts to…
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Read more Dr Jenner resumes face-to-face consultations
Following government guidelines, the London Pain Clinic where Dr Jenner holds his weekly clinics will be opening at the start of July and Dr Jenner will be able to meet claimants face-to-face. If you…
Read more Watch our latest webinar on CRPS
On 14 May, Dr Jenner ran a very popular webinar on "CRPS: Psychological or Physical?" During the webinar he explored the symptoms and challenges of diagnosing CRPS, the particular medicolegal challenges posed by the conditions…
Read more Birmingham Pain Clinic - 26 June
Following government guidelines, the clinic in Birmingham where we host our regular pain clinics will be opening at the start of June to allow clinicians to meet patients and claimants face-to-face. Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez…
Read more The Use of Video Conferencing in a Healthcare Setting
Video conferencing (VC) allows two or more locations to connect to each other by using real-time two-way video and audio transmission. The use of this type of technology has grown rapidly over the past 15…
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Read more CRPS Webinar: 14th May
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): psychological or physical? Exploring the medicolegal challenges Invitation to a complimentary webinar - Thursday 14 May 2020 at 2.30pm Dr Chris Jenner, MB BS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, leading pain expert and experienced…
Read more The Medicolegal Challenges of Fibromyalgia
Although fibromyalgia (FM) is now widely accepted, there is still no definitive diagnostic test for the condition and the causes are not yet fully understood. Therefore, the condition presents several challenges in the medicolegal field.…
Read more Webinar: 25 February
Dr Chris Jenner, leading pain expert and experienced expert witness, invites you to join his complimentary webinar on fibromyalgia. He will be discussing in some depth the medicolegal challenges presented by cases involving fibromyalgia, as…
Read more Fibromyalgia - video series
In our latest video series, Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez talks about fibromyalgia and how it is diagnosed, before moving on (in his second video) to discuss the medico legal challenges of a fibromyalgia diagnosis. What is…
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