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Journal of Pain Research

ISSN: 1178-7090

Ethics/Policy

Section Editor(s):
Dr. Robert Twillman, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Lenexa, KS, USA

The management of pain poses many ethical challenges, with policy issues central to dictating how pain medicine is practiced throughout the world. This section discusses the complex policy and ethical issues that permeate the fields of pain and pain relief.

Latest articles in Ethics/Policy:

- 25 records -

Original Research

Ethics/Policy

Validation of the Kuopio Questionnaire on Pain Management Attitudes Among Healthcare Personnel in a Finnish Teaching Hospital

Paunonen P, Tyynelä-Korhonen K, Nuutinen R, Haatainen KM, Kervinen M, Wüstefeld M, Pöyhiä R, Lamminmäki A

Journal of Pain Research 2026, 19:532085

Published Date: 18 March 2026

Short Report

Ethics/Policy

Concurrent Validity of the Operationalization of High-Impact Pain Construct in the Health and Retirement Study

Tamargo JA, Cruz-Almeida Y

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:5533-5540

Published Date: 22 October 2025

Original Research

Ethics/Policy

Modelling Pain Perception Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

Farahani H, Kovač N, Fardi H, Watson PC

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:5153-5174

Published Date: 3 October 2025

Editorial

Ethics/Policy

Editorial Commitment to Trust and Integrity in Science: Implications for Pain and Anesthesiology Research

Palermo TM, Bouhassira D, Davis KD, Hemmings Jnr HC, Hurley RW, Katz J, Pandit J, Price T, Schatman ME, Schwarz SKW, Turk D, Van de Velde M, Wiles M, Yaksh T, Yarnitsky D

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:3309-3316

Published Date: 1 July 2025

Original Research

Ethics/Policy

A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Spinal Cord Stimulation versus Conventional Medical Management for the Treatment of Low Back Pain Using Data from DISTINCT RCT and Medical Claims from a U.S. Commercial Payer Database

Deer T, Heros R, Scarfo K, Gilligan C, Jameson J, Pilitsis JG, Desai MJ, Panchalingam T, Goates S, Benison AM, Okaro U, Falowski S

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:2823-2838

Published Date: 7 June 2025

Review

Ethics/Policy

Navigating Pregnancy Testing in Chronic Pain Management for Women of Reproductive Age

Tamura S, Vardhan S, Breidenbach K, Shaparin N, Vydyanathan A, Gritsenko K

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:2605-2612

Published Date: 21 May 2025

Editorial

Ethics/Policy

Quality or Quantity? The Quiet Influence of Industry-Sponsored Centers of Excellence

Pritzlaff SG, Flower V, Salmasi V, Sheth SJ, Schatman ME

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:2375-2377

Published Date: 9 May 2025

Editorial

Ethics/Policy

The Need for Urgent Action and Reform: Is the Veterans Administration’s Pain Care Under Fire?

Chakravarthy K, Schatman ME

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:2359-2360

Published Date: 8 May 2025

Original Research

Ethics/Policy

Exploring Perceived Barriers and Facilitators for Implementing Acute Pain Clinical Trials: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Ketamine Infusions for Sickle Cell Pain

Kenney MO, Limkakeng AT, Ochoa TN, Mathias JG, Knisely MR, Keefe F

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:1465-1478

Published Date: 20 March 2025

Original Research

Ethics/Policy

Using a Two-Steps Clustering and PCA Analysis for Stratified Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Care: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Peiró AM, Barrachina J, Escorial M, Aguado I, Margarit C, Grimby-Ekman A

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:673-684

Published Date: 11 February 2025

Original Research

Ethics/Policy

The Economic Analysis of the Overlooked Recurrent Low Back Pain: Three Years Retrospective Observational Study

Szyszka J, Matuska J, Szyszka BG, Walkowiak D, Skorupska E

Journal of Pain Research 2025, 18:61-71

Published Date: 8 January 2025

Expert Opinion

Ethics/Policy

Social Media Behavior Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals: An American Society of Pain and Neuroscience NEURON Project

Giuffrida A, Saia-Owenby C, Andriano C, Beall D, Bailey-Classen A, Buchanan P, Budwany R, Desai MJ, Comer A, Dudas A, Tieppo Francio V, Grace W, Gill B, Grunch B, Goldblum A, Garcia RA, Lee DW, Lavender C, Lawandy M, Mandell L, Mata R, Rabii M, Patel K, Patel RG, Patel AA, Sayed D, Singh G, Strand N, Tate J, Schatman ME, Deer T

Journal of Pain Research 2024, 17:3587-3599

Published Date: 5 November 2024

Research Letter

Ethics/Policy

The Pain Injustice Experience Questionnaire: Measurement Invariance Across Gender and Racial/Ethnic Minority Status

Kim S, Shigemoto Y

Journal of Pain Research 2024, 17:3087-3091

Published Date: 18 September 2024

Clinical Trial Report

Ethics/Policy

Medical App Treatment of Non-Specific Low Back Pain in the 12-month Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial Rise-uP: Where Clinical Superiority Meets Cost Savings

Priebe JA, Kerkemeyer L, Haas KK, Achtert K, Moreno Sanchez LF, Stockert P, Spannagl M, Wendlinger J, Thoma R, Jedamzik SU, Reichmann J, Franke S, Sundmacher L, Amelung VE, Toelle TR

Journal of Pain Research 2024, 17:2239-2255

Published Date: 26 June 2024

Letter

Ethics/Policy

Artificial Intelligence and Pain Medicine: an Introduction [Letter]

Cascella M, Monaco F, Piazza O

Journal of Pain Research 2024, 17:1735-1736

Published Date: 13 May 2024

Method

Ethics/Policy

Chronic Abdominal Discomfort Syndrome (CADS): Defining and Discussing a Novel Diagnosis

Gupta M, Patil AS, Chitneni A, Schatman ME, Kalia H, Deer TR, Sayed D, Soin A, Baranidharan G, Staats P, Kapural L, Attaluri PA, Verrills P, Diwan S, Levin D, Halder N, Abd-Elsayed AA

Journal of Pain Research 2024, 17:975-979

Published Date: 11 March 2024

Review

Ethics/Policy