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Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I trained as a physician and have asked ...

Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says. Patients should be able to use images and metaphors ...