How to help a partner in chronic pain
(The Canadian Press) UPDATED 2009-07-16
According to research, couples in which a partner deals with chronic pain deal with emotional and financial stress, as well as with problems with communication. Investigators have also found that often the partner who isn't dealing with pain may be invalidating the feelings of a person who is, and this can lead to less intimacy in the relationship. In this article, a reporter talks to experts about research into the ways couples dealing with chronic pain interact, including ways partners can better communicate and deal with living with chronic pain.
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