By: Red Balloon Productions, 1998 For: Doctors; nurses; physiotherapists; occupational health personnel Synopsis: This video uses the patient’s experience of surgery to consider how care on the ward can actively contribute to reducing post-operative pain. Preoperative considerations include: pain as a multidimensional concept; patients’ fears and expectations. Postoperative issues include: assessment of pain; transition from intravenous opioids and utilising non-pharmacological interventions. Considers patient, professional and organisational barriers to effective pain management. Distributor: Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3LT. Tel: 01202 504163.