The Retrievals: Women’s Vulnerability to Injury, Violence, and Pain in Health Care
by Sophie Schott and Faith E. Fletcher
Published on August 23, 2023
Pain can be tender, throbbing, lacerating, shooting, burning, and wrenching.
Pain is also a protective, finely wired warning system primed to defend the body from harm. In the field of medicine, pain can be an essential marker of underlying pathologies and sometimes can be used to direct treatments. However, the science of pain measurement is frustratingly imprecise, presenting challenges in clinical settings. Importantly, pain assessments rely on information provided by patients, who are sometimes asked to characterize the severity, intensity, and duration of their pain.
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