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The author presents a highly detailed case of a young man with a regional pain syndrome (CRPS), following a discrete episode of trauma to his hand. The pain itself became increasingly complicated to manage. It was compounded by difficulties in the acquisition and coordination of specialized consultative services that proved to be unavailable for patients managed in that county’s health system. This patient’s social isolation and low level of social function (much attributed to his symptomatic chronicity) added to the challenges of delivering care focused on his pain and its functional consequences.
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Lau, A. (2018). Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and Progressive Medical and Psychiatric Deterioration. In: Frankel, S., Bourgeois, J. (eds) Integrated Care for Complex Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61214-0_21
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