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on the nature of pain-related suffering. Dr. Uddin's letter touches on a number of
important themes that can help expand the discussion on this foundational, but underdeveloped,
construct. Below, we aim to offer an important clarification regarding how we understand
pain-related suffering, while also contributing to some of the broader discussion
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Publication history
Published online: November 29, 2022
Accepted:
November 9,
2022
Received:
November 4,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofFootnotes
PS reports salary support from a Ronald Melzack Fellowship in Pain Research from The Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation. AH, MGP, and TW report Junior 1 salary awards from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS). This line of research is supported by grants from the Canadian MSK Rehab Research Network, the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
The authors do not report any conflicts of interest.
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- Pain-Related SufferingThe Journal of Pain
- PreviewThe article by Stilwell et al opened an opportunity to advance pain-related suffering constructs and future research.1 The article shows clear room for bridging potential associations between pain and suffering. The authors demonstrated the 4 key attributes of pain-related suffering from the core concept of Eric Cassell on suffering and pointed out a key challenge of suffering as a “self-reflective and future-oriented process.” My comments are focused on this key challenge to suffering in the light of philosophical issues raised in Cassell's landmark paper,2 and the origin of the suffering concept.
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