Social Relations and Chronic Pain [Paperback]

Preface. 1. Nature of Social Dislocation for Chronic Pain Sufferers. 2. Cost of Chronic pain. 3. Myth and Reality of Family Function. 4. Impact of Parental Illness and Pain on Children. 5. What Happens to Spouses. 6. Family Intervention. 7. The Nature of Social Support. 8. Chronic Pain Patient and the Occupational Role. 9. Dilemma of Injured Patients: What Entitles Them to Compensation. 10. The Patient and the Medical World: Mrs. Kramer's Journey Through the Medical System. References. Index.Springer Book Archives