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Stigmatization of Patients with Chronic Pain: The Extinction of Empathy
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Cohen, M and Quintner, J and Buchanan, D and Nielsen, M and Guy, L, Stigmatization of Patients with Chronic Pain: The Extinction of Empathy, Pain Medicine, 12, (11) pp. 1637-1643. ISSN 1526-2375 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01264.x
Abstract
Objective: To address how health professionals may inadvertently contribute to the stigmatization of patients with chronic pain.
Setting: Formulation and implementation of the Australian National Pain Strategy.
Design: Review of current concepts of stereotyping and stigma, consideration of their relationship to empathy, and how they might impinge upon the clinical encounter.
Findings: The extinction of empathy, which we refer to as "negative empathy," can overwhelm health professionals, allowing the entry of negative community stereotypes of chronic pain sufferers and add to their stigmatization. Prevailing dualistic frames of reference encourage this process.
Conclusion: Greater awareness by health professionals of their own potential, often inadvertent, contribution to the stigmatization of their patients with chronic pain may serve as a basis for an expanded model of clinical engagement.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | chronic pain, stereotyping, stigma, empathy |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Nursing |
Research Field: | Nursing not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) |
Objective Field: | Health related to ageing |
UTAS Author: | Buchanan, D (Dr David Buchanan) |
ID Code: | 75816 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 74 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences B |
Deposited On: | 2012-02-16 |
Last Modified: | 2014-07-11 |
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