Patient perspectives on the unwanted effects of multidisciplinary pain management programmes: A qualitative study.

Objective: This study aimed to understand the impact of pain management programmes, focusing on the unwanted effects and their influence on patients' long-term use of self-management strategies.

Design: Qualitative study.

Setting: Specialist musculoskeletal hospital in North London, England.

"An unnecessary cut?" multilevel health systems analysis of drivers of caesarean sections rates in Italy: a systematic review.

Background: Improvements in medical technologies have seen over-medicalization of childbirth. Caesarean section (CS) is a lifesaving procedure proven effective in reducing maternal and perinatal mortality across the globe. However, as with any medical procedure, the CS intrinsically carries some risk to its beneficiaries.