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Clinical Vignettes from Hawai'i - 1a

Dr. Mason's next appointment is with, a 57-year-old part-Native-Hawaiian female client who has the medical diagnoses of fibromyalgia, chronic pain syndrome, depression, hypothyroidism, polyarticular arthralgias without rheumatoid/autoimmune evidence, hypertension, obesity, and tobacco addiction. Recently she has also been treated for injuries incurred from a motor vehicle accident. She has seen pain specialists, rheumatologists, internal medicine specialists, psychiatrists, osteopaths, and psychologists.

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Scene 3 - 2 weeks later

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