The Social Model and the Social Model for Chronic Pain

Mike Oliver seems to have coined the term social model, and his work Wikipedia tells me at least. Scott writes, I thought the big difference between the Biosycho Social Model and the Social Model was that it included biological treatments like medicine. But it sounds like some people in the field of chronic pain have focused on the psycho part and are using it to insist on therapy and prevent people from getting their chronic pain medications. Harold Wilson writes quote, After an admittedly brief internet scheme of the topic, a somewhat notable absence from this post may be Mike Oliver,. He certainly doesn't reject treating the person as a crucial element of alleviating disability, but he conceives of the role of doctors as