Acute pain can be distinguished from chronic pain by assessing which characteristic?
a) Acute pain responds poorly to drug therapy.
b) Acute pain is specific and localized.
c) Chronic pain diminishes with healing.
d) Chronic pain is symptomatic of primary injury.
Ans: b) Acute pain is specific and localized.
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