Objective To summarize the current literature on disparities in the treatment of chronic pain.
Methods We focused on studies conducted in the United States and published from 2000 …

Current knowledge about mechanisms and interventions for pain has largely been derived
from samples that are healthier, wealthier, younger, and more likely to be White than the …

Purpose Health providers' implicit racial bias negatively affects communication and patient
reactions to many medical interactions. However, its effects on racially discordant oncology …

Background In recent years, extensive attention has been paid to the possibility that bias
among health care professionals contributes to health disparities. In its 2003 report, the …

Background In part because of improvements in early detection and treatment, the number
of breast cancer survivors is increasing. After treatment, however, breast cancer survivors …

Chronic pain is highly prevalent in the United States affecting an estimated 50 million adults.
1 It is a cause of significant morbidity, mortality, and disability, and is costly to society in …

Racial disparities, including decreased hospice utilization, lower quality symptom
management, and poor-quality end-of-life care have been well documented in Black …

Despite well-documented disparities in cancer pain outcomes among African Americans,
surprisingly little research exists on adherence to analgesia for cancer pain in this group. We …

This paper is the thirty-eighth consecutive installment of the annual review of research
concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2015 …

This research concerned relationships among Black cancer patients' health care attitudes
and behaviors (eg, adherence, decisional control preferences,) and their race-related …