Lecture 9 - Pain

Question 1

Definition of pain

Answer 1

Pain is an unpleseant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.
-Pain is discomfort, percetpion of state/feeling/being. Perception can be changed

Question 2

Relationships

Answer 2

Is a fine balance between patient, doctor and context

• patient brings in cultre, previous experience, genetics, past trauma
• context - means environment around you e.g hosptals
• doctor brigns in communication (respect and understand patietn, placebo effect), biomedical knowledge - notice symptoms