The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain | Sheetal DeCaria
TED Health
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Pain Isn't All in Your Head
In an online survey of 2,400 American women with a variety of chronic pain conditions, 91% felt that the health care system discriminated against them. Nearly half were told that the pain was all in their heads. You can have real pain with no physical injury or source. Pain is one thing that can't be measured by a monitor or lab test. It's hard to quantify or qualify. And as doctors, our process of treating pain begins with identifying its source.
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