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Introduction to chronic pain

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Chronic, noncancer, pain (CP) is a diverse group of clinical entities that have two important components: (1) the presence of pain and, (2) the persistence of the pain over an extended period of time.

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Taylor, D.R. (2015). Introduction to chronic pain. In: Managing Patients with Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08111-3_2

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