Surviving a Loved One's Chronic Pain
By: David Kannerstein, PhD and Sarah M. Whitman, MD; from Practical Pain Management; 2007; 4 pages.
PDF available here for download: LovedOnesChronicPain.pdf
This article is suggested as a handout for patients' families, friends, or caretakers to help them understand what patients in chronic pain are going through. It provides guidance for understanding chronic pain and its treatment, and how to best communicate with and provide support to the patient. It recognizes that dealing with severe, ongoing pain can be overwhelming for both patients and those who care for them and/or about them. Access checked June 29, 2007.
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