Pain Education, No Script Provided Ep 6, Conflation and Semantics

About this episode

The episode explores the distinction between nociception and pain, emphasizing the importance of precise language in pain education.

Send us Fan Mail We rethink pain from the ground up with Monica Noy, separating nociception from pain and showing how sloppy language and seductive stories distort care. We examine multiple modes of nociceptive activation, challenge “root cause” thinking, and push for ethical, precise explanations that validate lived experience. • nociception as necessary for pain, not equivalent to pain • immune, neuroinflammatory, cellular, and prolonged stress pathways activating nociception • the nail-in...

People in this episode

Host: Eric Purves

Guest: Monica Noy

Topics covered

• pain education
• nociception
• language in healthcare
• ethical explanations
• lived experience

Keywords

• nociception
• pain
• healthcare language
• ethical care
• neuroinflammation

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