Needless suffering : how society fails those with chronic pain

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General Note:	"With a foreword by Myra Christopher." -- Book jacket
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. ONE: Poor Man, Pained Man. One. A Young Doctor Transformed by a Man in Pain -- Two. What Is Pain? Its Neurophysiology and Psychology: Chasing Two Moving Targets -- Three. You Do Have to Suffer ... Just Not as Much as We Make You -- pt. TWO: The Cast of Characters. Four. The Patient: Making Lemonade When Stuck with a Lemon -- Five. Family, Friends, and Community -- Six. The Physician and the Pain Patient: Poorly Equipped for the Role? -- Seven. Regulatory Agencies and Pain Management: Overregulation Breeds Underregulation -- Eight. The Business of Health Care: Whose Bottom Line Are We Treating? -- Nine. The Workplace and Entitlements: Creating "Inability" out of "Disability" -- Ten. Health and Disability Insurance: The Law of Unintended Consequences -- Eleven. The Legal System: Disorder in the Court! -- Twelve. What It Means to "Do No Harm": Is There a Safe Way to Medicate Pain? -- Thirteen. Opiates and Opioids -- Fourteen. Cannabinoids and Pain: Reefer Madness or Compassionate Care? -- Fifteen. Health-Care Reform and Chronic Pain: We All Have a Role to Play.