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- John Quintner.
- Arthritis & Osteoporosis WA, Shenton Park, Western Australia, Australia.
- Pain Med. 2020 May 1; 21 (5): 882888882-888.
IntroductionMany female pain sufferers with medically unexplained pain are at risk of being stigmatized in our Western society. Fibromyalgia is offered as the exemplar condition.AimTo understand why these women are being stigmatized.MethodsA review of the recent literature was conducted with a focus on the perceptions of women with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia who have been stigmatized.ResultsThree intertwined themes emerged as contributing to their stigmatization: moralizing attitudes, disbelief as to the reality of pain, and pain's invisibility.ConclusionGiven how embedded the factors responsible for the stigmatization of women with fibromyalgia in Western society are, the realistic prospects for addressing this issue are poor.© 2020 American Academy of Pain Medicine. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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