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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2000-01-01
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Series: | Pain Research and Management |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/565309 |
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