RT Book, Section A1 Goodwin, Jeremy A1 Bajwa, Zahid H. A2 Warfield, Carol A. A2 Bajwa, Zahid H. SR Print(0) ID 3414578 T1 Chapter 5. Understanding the Patient with Chronic Pain T2 Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e YR 2004 FD 2004 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 9780071443494 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3414578 RD 2024/03/29 AB Asked to describe their pain, especially chronic pain, patients often appear perplexed, stating, “I don’t know. It just hurts.” Pain is a subject of deceptive complexity. It means different things to different people. Algology is the study of pain, and this chapter discusses a number of important points relevant to its clinical application, pain medicine.