The developement and implementation of evidence-based medicine in the practice of pain treatment. The education of general practitioners in prevention strategies of chronic non-malignant pain. To conduct and to stimulate basic pain research in chronic non-malignant and cancer pain. The Pain Clinic is an university pain clinic for the treatment of all types of pain.
All advanced techniques are available, including implantable devices.
The Pain Clinic consists of a multi-disciplinary team. The Pain Science Center is an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Health. The University Hospital Rotterdam is one of the 4 Pain Science Centers in the Netherlands. Projects include the study of pain in general and the evaluation of pain treatment techniques by prospective randomized trials. In addition protocols are constructed for common pain syndromes.