Pain Relief as a Primary Treatment Goal: at What Point does Functioning and Well-Being Become more Important? a Case Study of an Adolescent with Debilitating Chronic Pain

Andrew S Tseng; Karen Weiss; Tracy Harrison; Dan Hansen; Barbara Bruce

doi:10.1155/2014/745458

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2014)

Pain Relief as a Primary Treatment Goal: at What Point does Functioning and Well-Being Become more Important? a Case Study of an Adolescent with Debilitating Chronic Pain

Andrew S Tseng,
Karen Weiss,
Tracy Harrison,
Dan Hansen,
Barbara Bruce

Affiliations

Andrew S Tseng: Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Karen Weiss: Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Tracy Harrison: Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Dan Hansen: Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Barbara Bruce: Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/745458
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 4
pp. 219 – 223

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Pediatric chronic pain is a common problem with significant economic implications and devastating consequences on quality of life. The present report describes a case involving a 15-year-old girl with severe and debilitating chronic pain.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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