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Chronic Pain ‐ A Physician's Viewpoint
Author(s) -
Butler R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0819-5331
DOI - 10.1080/09595238780000461
Subject(s) - perception , chronic pain , social responsibility , psychology , medicine , family medicine , psychiatry , public relations , political science , neuroscience
Abstract: Psychological and social factors may have a profound influence on a patient's perception of pain. It is the responsibility of the physician to co‐ordinate the treatment of that pain and not to abnegate responsibility for it.