ArticleGlobal health action2017
Chronic pain as a human rights issue: setting an agenda for preventative action.
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- Social and Structural Determinants of Chronic Pain Among Migrant Workers: A Scoping Review Using an Intersectionality Framework.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026Review
- Association Between Socioeconomic Inequalities in Pain and All-Cause Mortality in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study: Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Towards health equity for people experiencing chronic pain and social marginalization.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
- How Equity-Oriented Health Care Affects Health: Key Mechanisms and Implications for Primary Health Care Practice and Policy.The Milbank quarterly · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundHistorically, chronic pain has been viewed primarily as a medical issue, and research has been focused on the individual and predominantly on pain sufferers in high-income countries.
objectivesThis article argues the need for a broader understanding of the context of chronic pain and its complex aetiologies and maintenance. It is suggested that the interaction between chronic pain and social context has been inadequately explored.
methodsA single case study is used of a man living in a violent urban environment in South Africa accessing a pain clinic at a tertiary hospital. Following the case-study approach, as used in the chronic traumatic stress field by Kaminer et al., the case material is utilised to develop an argument for a new research agenda.
resultsAnalysis of the case material demonstrates the complex interplay between bodily and psychological experiences, with chronic pain being contextually maintained and exacerbated by very difficult life circumstances, ongoing violence, and marginalisation.
conclusionsIt is suggested that a research agenda be developed which explores the links between chronic pain and ongoing chronic traumatisation in contexts of continuous violence, oppression, and disempowerment - common features of much of the contemporary majority world.
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