The Disparagement of Pain: Social Influences on Medical Thinking

Patients with pain often feel that their suffering is taken lightly, dismissed or denied. Before the introduction of anesthesia, pain was regarded as an awful affliction. This view diminished somewhat once anesthesia became available, although it still holds true for some forms of pain, eg, pain ass...

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Main Authors: Harold Merskey, Robert W Teasell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/565309
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