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Pain is the most frequent symptom presented by patients to the primary care physician. Management and dealing with the patient with acute pain is an inherent part of every physician’s training. Chronic and persistent pain, however, is very difficult both for the patient and the physician to understand. Effective management programs are still evolving. Despite the significant advances in the knowledge of rehabilitation of the patient with chronic pain, a most crucial step faced by the physician, either the primary care physician or the physician specializing in pain management, is communicating and working with the patient and the family who have the significant life-style alterations seen in patients with chronic pain.
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Vasudevan, S.V., Lynch, N.T. (1988). Counseling the Patient with Chronic Pain—The Role of the Physician. In: Lynch, N.T., Vasudevan, S.V. (eds) Persistent Pain. Current Management of Pain, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1727-2_8
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