Abstract
In the editorial Chronification to Maldynia [1] in Pain Med. 2011;993–5, naming issues are raised. Suggesting that the adjective, chronic , should, by itself , label pain or other symptom complexes as diseases rather than disorders or states is in the arena of medical or medical insurance bureaucracy. Or, it may be thought to be a way to officially elevate the medical status of pain in all of its expressions. Maldynia is being proposed as the replacement for syndromes of chronic pain. It has the flavor of an attempt, again, to serve as this era's escape from full and open discussion of a major feature of the suffering processes, which accompany so many of these chronic pain …
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