The Stigmatized Pain Doc

The Stigmatized Pain Doc
Very early in my and rehabilitation training, in 1986, I was confronted with a patient with chronic back pain. He'd been surgically mutilated 5x, and the surgeon responsible for the 5th “wanted my expertise.” In reality he just wanted … Read more on National Pain Report

Patrick Kennedy and the politics of honesty
Kennedy attempts, and achieves, a “scrupulously honest” work; remarkable for someone who has, the better part of his adult life, struggled with honesty (during a 2009 stint in rehab – one of many – he said, “I found myself being unusually honest… for … Read more on NewBostonPost (blog)


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