{"paper_id":"7fb0acb1-864f-4a06-9ef9-4c3b2ad06e51","body_text":"Abstract\nFor many women with endometriosis, chronic pain is the most challenging aspect of the disease. Because the illness is invisible to the casual observer, and generally isn’t life threatening, the woman with endometriosis and those around her may struggle to know how much attention and worry to accord it. It can be very difficult to accept that having so much pain does not imply an emergency. Chronic pain is a significant challenge to the physician as well as the patient. Physicians want to relieve suffering, and yet with chronic pain their task is sometimes to say, “I can’t fix it.”\nPreview\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nPatrick DL, Scambler G. Sociology as applied to medicine, 2nd ed. London: Balliere-Tindall, 1982.\nZola IK. Pathways to the doctor—From person to patient. Soc Sci Med 1973;7:677–689.\nZola IK. 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