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- Improve participant awareness of the prevalence and severity of pain in women.
- Provide specific information regarding the most common pain syndromes in women over the life cycle, including prevalence, anatomy, physiology, etiology, patient assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Review what is known about sex differences in the pain response and treatment approaches.
- Discuss approaches to patient education that target women’s unique needs.
- Evaluate treatment options for women, including pharmacologic approaches, behavioral interventions and complementary medicine.
- Address when to treat and when to refer for appropriate consultation.
- Nurture sensitivity and empathy for women patients suffering from pain and encourage physicians to devote the time and energy necessary to reduce patient suffering.
- Increase awareness of how suffering may differ in women with acute and terminal illnesses and how these conditions may alter evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment options.
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