Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich
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On today\\u2019s podcast we welcome back Haider Warraich to talk about pain.\\xa0 Now this may surprise our frequent listeners as we have had Haider on before to talk about heart failure as well as palliative inotropes, so why are we having him come on to talk about pain?\\xa0 .\\xa0\\xa0
Well, Haider has an intimate relationship with pain, having experienced chronic pain himself and now having dove deep into the latest research on pain for his new book The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.\\xa0\\xa0
We discussed the nature of pain, what makes chronic pain different from acute pain, what\\u2019s the difference between proprioception, pain, and suffering, and so much more.\\xa0 So take a listen and if you are up for it, check out some of Haider\\u2019s other books including Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life and State of the Heart: Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease.\\xa0
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