Objective. This article applied dual process models of stereotyping to illustrate how various
psychological mechanisms may lead to unintentional provider bias in decisions about pain …

Background Data linking labor pain and postpartum depression are emerging. Robust,
prospective evaluations of this relationship while factoring other important variables are …

Objective. Uncertainty often surrounds judgments of pain, especially when pain is chronic. In
order to simplify their decisions, providers adduce information from a variety of sources …

The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of selected pain
intensity scales including the Faces Pain Scale Revised (FPS-R), Verbal Descriptor Scale …

Compared with white individuals, black individuals experience greater pain across clinical
and experimental modalities. These race differences may be due to differences in pain …

Psychology is the study of the mind, how it works, and how it affects behavior. In the context
of intergroup relations and, specifically, the study of racism, the tight focus on mind and …

BACKGROUND Recent studies have found that unconscious biases may influence
physicians' clinical decision making. The objective of our study was to determine, using …

AIMS: To determine the patient burden of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) with
respect to pain intensity and impact on patient functioning and to characterize relevant DPN …

Context: Access to hospice is a growing public health matter given that quality care at the
end of life should be provided to all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, or …

Chronic pain represents an immense clinical problem. With tens of millions of people in the
United States alone suffering from the burden of debilitating chronic pain, there is a moral …