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Category Archives: Pain
Pain, the patient, and the goals of medicine
By:Jonathan Mayer, Univ of Washington I came across a study yesterday that at first stunned me in its conclusions until I gave it deeper thought. The study aimed to ascertain whether the goals of physicians and patients were the same … Continue reading
Posted in goals of medicine, medical ethics, Pain, suffering
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Conflict of interest?
Yesterday 3 colleagues and I submitted a refutation of an article concerned with opioids to a major journal. When it came to the section on stating whether I had a conflict of interest, I realized that I did not have … Continue reading
Posted in clinical research, epidemiology, evidence, Pain, proof
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Research in service to the pain community by Jonathan Mayer
While working in Ghana, one of my first reactions to the largest “slum” in the country was that I could not be one of those researchers who would take research data from the community and then leave the community. I … Continue reading
Posted in opioids, Pain, public health
Tagged community, Pain, service-oriented research; applied health research
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There is no one “opioid epidemic”
I am now spending more time on pain and opioid research than I am on infectious diseases. There’s a dearth of knowledge on the epidemiology of chronic pain. What we keep on hearing about, though, is “the opioid epidemic.” I … Continue reading
Posted in clinical research, evidence, opioids, Pain
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How I Became Interested in Pain
I am often asked about the origins of my interest in pain and pain research. It’s a complex question and it fits in with my past experience: I tend to be interested in issues that both intrigue me intellectually, and … Continue reading
Posted in clinical research, Health, Pain, patient outcome
Tagged narrative medicine, Pain
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Pain seminar approaching
Each year, I get excited as the beginning of our seminar on multidisciplinary approaches to pain draws near. I teach this undergraduate honors seminar with my friend and colleague, John Loeser, of UW’s Department of Neurological Surgery, and also Anesthesiology … Continue reading
Posted in clinical research, evidence, Health, Pain
Tagged chronic pain, epidemiology. pain treatment, Pain
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Chronic pain as a public health problem
Some estimates suggest that 120 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. However, the issue is how to improve access to state of the art pain treatment. It is becoming clearer that treatments that are effective in acute pain, such as … Continue reading
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