Communication & Chronic Pain: Episode 40 with Nicola Robertson

Celebrate Muliebrity with Michelle Lyons · Jun 23, 2024 · 39m

What is good communication and why does it matter when we are working with people dealing with chronic pain? There are a couple of papers that have caught my attention on this - Kays (2021) paper looking at the lack of empathy and its effects when we work with people who have chronic pelvic pain, but especially Kays (2022) paper 'Effects of Provider Interactions on diagnosis and care of people with chronic pelvic pain’. These papers discuss the consequences of negative patient/ provider interactions, how it can increase the emotional toll and decrease trust and communication...essentially…