Social Relations and Chronic Pain

Download or read book Social Relations and Chronic Pain written by Ranjan Roy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is more than a matter of curiosity that so many chronic pain suffers experience such a high level of frustration with the medical profession." Building on his 1992 The Social Context of Chronic Pain Suffers, Roy (U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg) exhorts doctors to pay attention to patients as more than carriers of symptoms; consider social environment issues such as family and job loss; and treat them in ways that minimize the typical sense of powerlessness. The final chapter traces a patient's painful journey through the medical system. c. Book News Inc.