,Chronic Pain Patients Whose Spouses Provide Support and Positive Attention

question 56

Multiple Choice

,chronic pain patients whose spouses provide support and positive attention

• A) experience good marital and sexual functioning.
• B) may inadvertently maintain or increase the expression of pain.
• C) restrict their social contact to members of their immediate family.
• D) take smaller amounts of pain killers than patients who do not receive such support.

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Definitions:

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The ability of the nervous system to coordinate the movements and actions of the muscles and limbs.

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