Pain is the most common reason for physician consultation in most developed countries. It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can interfere with a person's quality of life and general functioning. Psychological factors such as social support, hypnotic suggestion, excitement, or distraction can significantly affect pain's intensity or unpleasantness. In some arguments put forth in physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia debates, pain has been used as an argument to permit terminally ill patients to end their lives. COUNT 4
QSN1 What is the most common reason people go to the doctor in first world countries? ANS1 Pain QSN2 How can pain effect a person's quality of life and general functioning? ANS2 interfere QSN3 Excitement and distraction are what type of factors which affect pain's intensity? ANS3 Psychological QSN4 What has pain sometimes been used as an argument to allow terminally ill patients the right to do? ANS4 end their lives