Pain Management

Women Often Undertreated for Cancer Pain

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 16th, 1996

Women, children, ethnic minorities, and the elderly are more likely to be undertreated for cancer pain, Rhonda Nichols, a pain management clinical nurse specialist at San Francisco General Hospital told a symposium on Cancer Pain, November 20, 1996, in New York City.

"Women are less likely to report their pain, they're less likely to be listened to, and [less likely to have] their pain taken seriously. There is this unfounded belief that women tend to exaggerate their pain, or that they have low pain tolerance, ... [and as a result] pain may be dismissed in women," Nichols said. The symposium was sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.

"The...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1996-12-16)

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