Assessment of patients with chronic pain.
@article{Dansie2013AssessmentOP, title={Assessment of patients with chronic pain.}, author={E. Dansie and D. Turk}, journal={British journal of anaesthesia}, year={2013}, volume={111 1}, pages={ 19-25 } }
Chronic pain is a public health concern affecting 20-30% of the population of Western countries. Although there have been many scientific advances in the understanding of the neurophysiology of pain, precisely assessing and diagnosing a patient's chronic pain problem is not straightforward or well-defined. How chronic pain is conceptualized influences how pain is evaluated and the factors considered when making a chronic pain diagnosis. There is no one-to-one relationship between the amount or… Expand
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