Pain Mangement Journals
JLME Volume 33:4, 2005
JLME Volume 31:1, 2003
JLME Volume 29:1, 2001
JLME Volume 26:4, 1998
JLME Volume 24:4, 1996
JLME Volume 29: 1, 2001
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Symposium Articles
Introduction: Relieving Unnecessary, Treatable
Pain for the Sake of Human Dignity
Sandra H. Johnson 
(11k)
The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women
in the Treatment of Pain
Diane E. Hoffmann and Anita J. Tarzian (83k)
In general, women report more severe levels of pain, more frequent incidences of pain, and pain of longer duration than men, but are nonetheless treated for pain less aggressively. The authors investigate this paradox from two perspectives: Do men and women in fact experience pain differently — whether biologically, cognitively, and/or emotionally? And regardless of the answer, what accounts for the differences in the pain treatment they receive, and what can we do to correct this situation?
Pain Management and Provider Liability: No
More Excuses
Barry R. Furrow (137k)
The author confronts the fact that pain is undertreated at all levels of the American health-care system and investigates how the threat of malpractice may change this state of affairs. Specifically, the author analyzes existing and emerging liability theories and doctrines that may be used to motivate physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, and managed care organizations — with regard to the particular standard of care they owe to the patient — to properly treat pain.
Race, Ethnicity, and Pain Treatment: Striving
to Understand the Causes and Solutions to the Disparities in Pain Treatment
Vence L. Bonham (679k)
Racial and ethnic minorities are at higher risk for the ineffective treatment of pain. While others have investigated racial and ethnic disparities in access to health services generally, this article represents the first comprehensive review of the literature on racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of pain. In addition to conducting this review, the author also outlines some of the causes for the disparities as well as provides suggestions for future health-services research in this area.
From Confrontation to Collaboration: Collegial
Accountability and the Expanding Role of Pharmacists in the Management of
Chronic Pain
David B. Brushwood (626k)
The war on drugs has created an environment where both physicians and pharmacists are afraid to aggressively manage pain — which, for many patients, means horrific unrelieved suffering. Although the policy-on-paper, as the author calls it, regarding controlled substances has eased, the policy-in-practice has not, and physicians and pharmacists are still fearful of prosecution or other disciplinary action. As a solution, the author proposes and discusses in detail collaborative drug therapy management for chronic pain.
Ethics Commentary and Court Decisions
Currents in Contemporary Ethics
T. Howard Stone (35k)
The author reviews in detail two federal training requirements for those engaging in human subjects research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the Public Health Service (PHS). The author concludes that neither the interim NIH educational policy nor the PHS draft instruction policy goes far enough to properly ensuring the safety of human subjects or the integrity of the underlying research.
Recent Developments in Health Law (78k)
American Journal of Law & Medicine
Harvard Law & Health Care Society
The student authors examine recent developments in antitrust, bioethics, the
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, evidence, insurance, malpractice,
medical practice, pharmaceuticals, and research guidelines.
