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Anger in Chronic Pain Patients and Relation to Perceived Pain

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Anger is an inevitable emotion in patients with chronic pain and may impact pain levels and outcomes. The pain physician should be aware of etiologies and management approaches.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Ketty Thertus M.D.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Thertus, K. (2019). Anger in Chronic Pain Patients and Relation to Perceived Pain. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_90

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