Leiden bei chronischem Schmerz

Frede, Ursula

doi:10.24894/bf.2018.18004

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“…It can consist—and when alleviation is not possible, must consist—of easing the suffering connected to chronic pain by means of simply spending time with the affected person. Listening to and talking with them acknowledges that the chronic pain patient is still being a human who is deserving and worthy of respect, affection, and care (see Frede 2018 : 14). This results in recognizing that chronic pain is not simply another problem that just needs medical-pharmaceutical attention, but also explicit treatment as a social problem, which, as we have shown here, connects with “experiences of exclusion, alienation, rejection, and powerlessness” (Edwards et al 2014 : 371).…”

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Chronic pain patients’ need for recognition and their current struggle

Koesling¹,

Bozzaro²

2021

Med Health Care and Philos

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Chronic pain patients often miss receiving acknowledgement for the multidimensional struggles they face with their specific conditions. People suffering from chronic pain experience a type of invisibility that is also borne by other chronically ill people and their respective medical conditions. However, chronic pain patients face both passive and active exclusion from social participation in activities like family interactions or workplace inclusion. Although such aspects are discussed in the debates lead by the bio-psycho-social model of pain, there seems to be a lack of a distinct interest in assessing more specifically the social aspects regarding chronic pain. As a result, the social aspects have yet to be taken into a more thorough theoretical consideration of chronic pain and to be practically implemented to help affected patients. By addressing chronic pain patients’ struggle for recognition, this paper attempts to shed light on some of these social aspects. We base this attempt on a theoretical framework that combines patients’ statements with an adaptation of Axel Honneth’s social-philosophical work on recognition. Thus, this paper tries to make a suggestion on how the bio-psycho-social model of pain can live up to its name by helping to address more adequately some of the more neglected aspects in chronic pain patients’ suffering than has been possible to date.

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confidence: 99%