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Critical Review
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pain: Causes and Consequences of Unequal Care
The Journal of Pain
Vol. 10Issue 12p1187–1204Published in issue: December, 2009
- Karen O. Anderson
- Carmen R. Green
- Richard Payne
Cited in Scopus: 514
The purpose of our review is to evaluate critically the recent literature on racial and ethnic disparities in pain and to determine how far we have come toward reducing and eliminating disparities in pain. We examined peer-reviewed research articles published between 1990 and early 2009 that focused on racial and ethnic disparities in pain in the United States. The databases used were PubMed, Medline, Scopus, CINAHL, and PsycInfo. The probable causes of minority group disparities in pain are discussed, along with suggested strategies for eliminating pain-related disparities.