The current IASP definition of pain has come under renewed criticisms recently. There is a
new momentum for its revision as reflected by the fact that IASP has now a Presidential Task …

Aims To determine the effect of music on the management of pain and anxiety in
primiparous women during labour. Background Music is cost‐effective intervention in clinical …

The experience of pain associated with labour is complex and challenging to assess. A
range of pain measurement tools are reported in the literature. This review aimed to identify …

Background The pain associated with childbirth is a cause of severe pain, and the literature
suggests that it can be influenced by psychosocial influences, the environment, and …

Research in the neuroscience of pain perception and visual perception has taken
contrasting paths. The contextual and the social aspects of pain judgements predisposed …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with altered ongoing and evoked
pain experiences, which have scarcely been studied for the peripartum period. We aimed to …

Background Research has indicated some women were in a state of uncertainty about
pharmacological pain management decisions, which may lead to maternal anxiety and …

This chapter addresses the paradigm of pain in labour and the part that mindfulness may
play in supporting women in their experience and perception of pain. Labour pain and its …

La analgesia durante el parto es un aspecto fundamental para todas las gestantes. Existen
multitud de alternativas sin embargo la analgesia epidural es la más utilizada. Este estudio …

Contemporary thinking about pain suggests its ultimate function is more than just to indicate
bodily injury, pathology or disease. This would seem especially important in the pain that a …