The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us

by Lynn R. Webster

Book Overview

Chronic pain affects 1 in 3 Americans and exerts more than a $600-billion drain on the economy annually. It is the largest invisible epidemic in the land. Having treated thousands of patients with chronic pain-often when they were at their most vulnerable-Lynn R. Webster, M.D., continues to believe there is hope. Ultimately, a cure for pain will require more research, better therapies, and improved policies. But healing can begin today with a broad-based...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986140708
• ISBN13: 9780986140709
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Webster Media, LLC
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"