Questions raised by the proposed definition of pain: what characterizes the experience of pain and how is subjectivity validated?

Pain. 2018 May;159(5):995-996. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001181.

Authors

Timothy H Wideman¹, Anne Hudon², David M Walton³

Affiliations

¹ School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
³ School of Physical Therapy, The University of Western Ontario, Elborn College, London, ON, Canada.

PMID: 29672452
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001181

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cognition / physiology*
Humans
Pain* / diagnostic imaging
Pain* / physiopathology
Pain* / psychology
Social Behavior*