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. 2022;50(3):519-541.
doi: 10.1017/jme.2022.91.

The Woman Who Cried Pain: Do Sex-Based Disparities Still Exist in the Experience and Treatment of Pain?

Diane E Hoffmann  1 , Roger B Fillingim  2 , Christin Veasley  3
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The Woman Who Cried Pain: Do Sex-Based Disparities Still Exist in the Experience and Treatment of Pain?

Diane E Hoffmann et al. J Law Med Ethics. 2022.

Abstract

Over twenty years have passed since JLME published "The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment of Pain." This article revisits the conclusions drawn in that piece and explores what we have learned in the last two decades regarding the experience of men and women who have chronic pain and whether women continue to be treated less aggressively for their pain than men.

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Disparities; Sex; Treatment; Women.

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