Many risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) have been noted, while gender/sex differences have
been understated. The work aimed to systematically review literature investigating as …

The biopsychosocial model of pain dominates the scientific community's understanding of
chronic pain. Indeed, the biopsychosocial approach describes pain and disability as a …

Black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans. We
examine whether this racial bias is related to false beliefs about biological differences …

Importance Negative attitudes toward patients can adversely impact health care quality and
contribute to health disparities. Stigmatizing language written in a patient's medical record …

While much of the social and political attention surrounding the nationwide opioid epidemic
has focused on the dramatic increase in overdose deaths among white, middle-class …

Objective This review aims to quantify the effect of minority status on analgesia use for acute
pain management in US Emergency Department (ED) settings. Methods We used the …

The past decade in the US has been marked by a media fascination with the white
prescription opioid cum heroin user. In this paper, we contrast media coverage of white non …

Background Clinician bias contributes to healthcare disparities, and the language used to
describe a patient may reflect that bias. Although medical records are an integral method of …

Surgical procedures are key drivers of pain development and opioid utilization globally.
Various organizations have generated guidance on postoperative pain management …

The high prevalence and societal burden of chronic pain, its undertreatment, and disparities
in its management have contributed to the acknowledgment of chronic pain as a serious …