Pain in women: bridging the gender pain gap

2025/05/20 by William Laughey, Katy Vincent, Samyuktha Iyer +2 · 1 voice
Medicine · #Anesthesia and Pain Management #Endometriosis Research and Treatment #Pediatric Pain Management Techniques

paper · doi:10.1097/pr9.0000000000001276

openalex publication_date 2025/05/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Bridging the gender pain gap requires collaborative efforts that address female-specific biological and psychosocial dimensions of pain through evidence-based, compassionate and empathy-driven approaches.

Citations

• Empathic: An Unappreciated Way of Being
• Effects of empathic and positive communication in healthcare consultations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Discussions

• If you want to read more about the gender pain gap, this paper is a good place to start. And yes, I'm aware it's associated with a company which owns and distributes a popular brand of pain relief... [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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