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Stinesen2019
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Author(s) Baukje B. Stinesen, Petra Sneijder, Albère J. A. Köke, Rob J. E. M. Smeets
Title Improving patient–practitioner interaction in chronic pain rehabilitation: the merits of a discursive psychological approach
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Tag(s) EMCA, patient–practitioner interaction, Chronic Pain
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Year 2019
Language English
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Journal Scandinavian Journal of Pain
Volume 19
Number 4
Pages 843–853
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DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2019-0034
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Abstract

Stimulating patients to approach their pain from a biopsychosocial perspective is central to chronic pain rehabilitation. However, conversations between patients and their healthcare professionals about the social and psychological factors that may contribute to the continuation of pain and disability can be challenging. The current scientific literature does not sufficiently pinpoint the difficulties in patient–practitioner interaction on chronic pain, and it falls short of answering the question of how a joint exploration of the social and psychological factors that might be involved in the patient’s pain and evolving disability can be enhanced. In this theoretical article, we introduce discursive psychology as a potentially valuable research perspective to gain a better understanding of the difficulties in patient–practitioner interaction in the context of chronic pain rehabilitation. Discursive psychology focuses on features of people’s talk (e.g. that of patients and practitioners) and is concerned with the social practices that people perform as part of a specific interactional context. In this paper, we provide an introduction to the main theoretical notions of discursive psychology. We illustrate how discursive psychological analyses can inform our understanding of the specific sensitivities in conversations between patients with chronic pain and their practitioners. Finally, we address how a better understanding of these sensitivities offers a gateway towards improving these conversations.

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