Breaking Down Barriers, Including Potential Trauma, When Treating Women in Chronic Pain

Practical Pain Management

This article, which ran as part 1 of a 5-part series from HealthyWomen’s Chronic Pain Summit, which was held in mid-July in Ellicott City, MD, focused on Mary Driscoll PhD and her discussion on the challenges that are specific to women and chronic pain.  The article discussed the barriers to treatment and management of chronic pain faced by women, along with ways healthcare professionals and patients can address these barriers.

Read the article.