Abstract Body

The specific skills needed to deal with a frequent problem such as pain are not particularly well-established and we can come across practices that are not always correct and, at times, influenced by real taboos.

This may result in inappropriate management of the "patient with pain", be it cancer or non-cancer, acute or chronic, situation swhich, in order to be successfully addressed, require competence, management skills, integration of their competences and / or roles with those of other operators and ... empathy.

The role of the General Practitioner in pain therapy and palliative care is of particular importance as the first interlocutor of the patient, therefore it is important that he has specific skills and knowledge.

Role and Tasks of General Practitioner

1) Detect pain during the outpatient and / or home visit;

2) Periodically reassess the intensity of pain;

3) Treat any side effects of drug therapy;

4) Instruct family members to manage the "critical" phases;

5) Evaluate when the analgesic treatment becomes a specialist competence;

6) Collaborate with the specialist of the analgesic therapy center in the management of complex patients (for example: Invasive analgesic therapy, etc ...)

7) Promote the education of patients and family members in the correct detection of pain and the correct administration of drugs.

Conclusions

The establishment specific training courses in palliative care and pain therapy related to neoplastic and / or chronic degenerative diseases,

both in the university study plan and in post-graduate training is still to come, except for the masters, moreover established patchy.