Category Archives: pain

A rather large wrap of recent Croakey articles: public health, health reform, media coverage of health and more

January 11, 2012 – 10:25 am

As previously mentioned, Croakey readers are welcome to sign up for (rather irregular) summaries of posts. If you’d like to join the mailing list, please send your email or leave it below. Here is the latest compilation, covering from 6 October – December 23, 2011. The latest readership figures are now also available, showing that [...]

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A personal story of living with pain

December 5, 2011 – 11:41 am

Further to the previous post describing efforts to improve pain management, Geri Badham, a Canberra-based freelance journalist/researcher, writes below of her experiences with chronic pain. (Please bear in mind that everyone’s experiences differ, and Croakey articles are not intended to provide individual medical advice.) Geri Badham writes: Prior to becoming a chronic pain sufferer, that [...]

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A push to improve pain management

December 5, 2011 – 11:29 am

This is the first of two posts related to pain management. In the article below, Lesley Brydon, who originally trained as a pharmacist, lives with chronic pain herself, and is now Chief Executive Officer of painaustralia, describes global efforts to improve pain management. *** Some local and international developments in pain management Lesley Brydon writes: [...]

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