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Gender differences: Implications for pain management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

Ursula Wesselmann
Ursula Wesselmann
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Blaustein Pain Treatment Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287 [email protected]
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Abstract

Despite significant advances in pain research and clinical pain management, little effort has been devoted to exploring whether the same pain treatment strategies are effective for male and female patients. Recent studies indicate that sex differences might play a role in the response to noxious events and in the response to analgesic interventions (berkley). Further insight into these gender differences will lead to improved pain management for women and men.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 470 - 471
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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