Pain Relief
To the Editors: Your article on chronic pain [MEDICINE, June 11] touched on the basic ingredient that we who try to alleviate pain have found to be essential: compassion. Richard M. Linchitz, M.D. Medical Director Pain Alleviation Center Roslyn, N. Y.
I have suffered constant pain for almost a decade. You put in a nutshell the feeling and emotions I can only convey, and even then with difficulty, to my doctors, my family and my friends. Most people cannot understand perpetual pain because they have not felt it....
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