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Chapter 28.Chronic Pain

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    https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615372645.js28

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    Neuroanatomy | Pain Experience in Disorders of Consciousness | Management | Conclusion | References

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    Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage (IASP Subcommittee on Taxonomy 1979). Pain is subjective and individual. The response to the pain is always an emotional experience. The experience of pain is an integration of biological, psychological, and social influences. The clinical challenge for physicians and patients with chronic pain is to describe the person’s pain and associated symptoms and identify how they interfere with the person’s quality of life and function.

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