Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition that affects 440,000 Canadians, most of whom
are women. Many physicians, although not all, are sceptical of FM's legitimacy and discredit …

Introduction Many female pain sufferers with medically unexplained pain are at risk of being
stigmatized in our Western society. Fibromyalgia is offered as the exemplar condition. Aim …

In this paper, I argue that women who experience fibromyalgia may find themselves in a
double bind. They may feel the need to describe their pain as extreme weakness or violence …

Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex, still poorly understood, and difficult-to-treat
chronic pain condition for which many people struggle to find adequate care. Aims This …

More than six million Americans–most of them women–have been diagnosed with the
controversial medical disorder fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Because of the absence of …

When your fibromyalgia patients arrive, does your heart sink? We want to show you how to
understand these patients better, and make the experience of treating them more rewarding …

Offender profiling is a method of identifying the perpetrator of a crime based on an analysis
of the nature of the offense and the manner in which it was committed. Humans have always …

The phenomenon of interest of this study was the woman's perspective on what it was like to
live with fibromyalgia (FMS). A phenomenological study was conducted utilizing participant …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to analyse how experiences of peer support
were described and reflected upon several years after a group rehabilitation intervention …

BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia remains underdiagnosed and suboptimally treated even
though it affects an estimated 3.3% of Canadians. The present study examines knowledge …