Abstract:Over 30 years working with the Pain Management Clinic, and after almost four years as Editor-in-Chief of a scientific journal that has been gradually improving its technical quality, I wonder how pain, as a physical symptom, changes the course of the subject's history. Surely the patient suffers. I emphasize that pain and suffering are words that translate distinct meanings and are surrounded by an ocean of meanings. Existential suffering from what a person is, ends up creating physical pain. And physical pain… Show more
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