Making Meaningful Impacts: Centering Breakdowns in Dyadic Communication Processes in Racial Disparities in Surgical Pain Care.

Mende-Siedlecki, Peter; Rivet, Emily B; Grover, Amelia C; Hagiwara, Nao · Ann Surg · 2022

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Abstract

Although pain care decisions unfold as a negotiation between patients and surgeons, previous research has examined patient-level and provider-level factors contributing to racial disparities in surgical pain care in isolation. We call for changes in the investigations of such racial disparities at the levels of conceptualization, research design, analysis, and research team composition.

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