The Gift of Pain: Why We Hurt and What We Can Do About It

Pain: None of us want it; none of us can do without it.

Paul Brand opens the window onto new ways of looking at pain, and that translated into something of worth for you and me.

He offers an opportunity to look at pain not as your enemy, but as your friend. I know a lot about pain—I have dealt with it all of my professional life—yet I gained a more profound understanding of it from this book. Were I a victim of chronic pain, I would probably call the knowledge gained a godsend.

I once gave Paul Brand the Surgeon General’s Medallion, the highest honor a Surgeon General can bestow on a civilian. After finishing this book, I’d do it again, if I could. My esteem for Paul brand is Greater than ever.

—C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D.