The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias against Women in the Treatment of Pain

@article{Hoffmann2001TheGW,
  title={The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias against Women in the Treatment of Pain},
  author={Diane E. Hoffmann and Anita J. Tarzian},
  journal={The Journal of Law, Medicine \& Ethics},
  year={2001},
  volume={28},
  pages={13 - 27},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219952180}
}
There is now a well-established body of literature documenting the pervasive inadequate treatment of pain in this country, supporting the notion that women are more likely than men to be undertreated or inappropriately diagnosed and treated for their pain.
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