Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Lois hurt.Her back was so sensitive that a bumpy car ride produced agonizing jolts of pain.Her generalist doctor was not very concerned; he told her that back pain was common among young women with many responsibilities.Certainly Lois had responsibilities!She was a 31-year-old bookkeeper with three young children, newly married to her second husband.Yet she sensed her pain was no ordinary back strain.Dissatisfied, she also consulted an Ob-Gyn and a chiropractor.Both reached the same conclusion: the source of her pain was stress.The year was 1962, when women's complaints of pain were often discounted by male physicians.
Source: Family Medicine
Author: Sandra K. Burge
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4313705062