Renée Blomkvist

Introduction Pain is not simply an unpleasant immediate experience: over time, it can devastate a person’s health, quality of life, and it can end in suicide.1–6 10-year mortality is higher in people with severe chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP); death from heart or respiratory disease is twice the rate than people without severe CNCP.7 Severe adverse effects are endured in families, employment, and societies of those with CNCP.8–10 Chronic pain has been recognised internationally as a symptom...