[Headache: interdisciplinary cooperation].

Abstract

Tendency towards subspecialization in medicine, especially in medical literature, endangers the patient who does not fit in one of the specialities. Hence he may be treated badly or not at all. Headache forms an interdisciplinary meeting point and shows this in high grade. Four following reviews of books on headache will demonstrate it. Each of it claims a good deal of competence and authority. In itself however the four books are widely contradictory. Our concept of multidimensional classification in headache builds up a planned polypragmasy using target symptoms. This is an attempt to evade such dilemma. Further seems to be needed: better knowledge of the marginal territories in our specialization, closer interdisciplinary cooperation and maybe a new organisation of medical system.