Pleasing partners could prolong painIt may seem surprising, but attentive, helpful spouses might actually prolong recovery from chronic pain. 

Doctor disciplined for "grossly undertreating" pain.  In what seems to be the first such action in the United States, the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners has approved a disciplinary plan for a doctor who "grossly undertreated" pain in six patients between 1993 and 1998.