Abstract Purpose of Review This review synthesizes recent findings related to the
biopsychosocial processes that underlie racial disparities in chronic pain, while highlighting …

Racism is an established health determinant across the world. In this 3-part series, we argue
that a disregard of how racism manifests in pain research practices perpetuates pain …

Cross-cultural perspectives on pain offer valuable insights into how different societies
understand, experience, and manage pain. This comprehensive review of anthropological …

This third paper in the “Confronting Racism in All Forms of Pain Research” series discusses
adopting an antiracism framework across all pain research disciplines and highlights the …

Chronic pain is experienced unequally by different population groups; we outline examples
from the pain literature of inequities related to gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic and …

Science and medicine have a long and troubling history of reinforcing racist, antiethnic, and
sexist attitudes and beliefs, as well as ignoring and mistreating marginalized people. In their …

Experiences of racism occur across a continuum from denial of services to more subtle forms
of discrimination and exact a significant toll. These multilevel systems of oppression …

Wide-spread cultural beliefs influence personal experiences and clinical treatment of pain,
yet are often unexamined and unchallenged in the pain literature. The common cultural …

Purpose Persistent inequities in genomic medicine and research contribute to health
disparities. This analysis uses a context-specific and equity-focused strategy to evaluate …

Racialized disparities in chronic pain care are well-documented and persist despite national
priorities focused on health equity. Similar disparities have been observed in patient …