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This Was Not the Good Death We Were Promised

NYT

JAN. 6, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/
opinion/sunday/hospice-good-death.html

hurt        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/
this-really-hurts-man-shares-covid-19-experience-in-video

Australia > pain        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/
the-pain-that-cant-be-seen

pain         UK

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/01/
indias-taboos-around-womens-pain-
leave-endometriosis-sufferers-in-agony-acc

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/15/
pain-scale-women-endometriosis-period

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/01/
i-usually-end-up-calling-an-ambulance-
why-migraine-pain-is-not-just-a-bad-headache

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/29/
i-struggle-every-day-with-the-loss-of-my-former-life-
what-its-like-to-live-with-chronic-pain

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/07/
patterns-of-pain-covid-19-psychotherapy-susie-orbach-bodies

pain        USA

2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/
health/gabapentin-seniors-pain.html

2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/
opinion/chronic-pain-america-working-class.html

2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/
well/live/endometriosis-symptoms-treatment.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/
magazine/virtual-reality-chronic-pain.html

2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/
us/sickle-cell-black-women.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/08/
984870694/in-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sacklers-opioid-empire-
an-american-dream-turns-toxic

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/
opinion/back-pain.html

2020

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/02/
782654754/effort-to-control-opioids-in-an-er-
leaves-some-sickle-cell-patients-in-pain

2019

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/26/
741926952/women-may-be-more-adept-than-men-at-discerning-pain

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/19/
751495463/got-pain-a-virtual-swim-with-dolphins-may-help-melt-it-away

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/05/
745589634/pain-rescue-team-helps-seriously-ill-kids-cope-in-terrible-times

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/09/
700823481/invisibilia-for-some-teens-with-debilitating-pain-
the-treatment-is-more-pain

2018

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/23/
626202281/words-matter-when-talking-about-pain-with-your-doctor

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/20/
629942414/doctors-raise-alarm-about-shortages-of-pain-medications

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/08/
622729300/patients-with-chronic-pain-feel-caught-in-an-opioid-prescribing-debate

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/09/
592305410/questions-and-answers-about-opioids-and-chronic-pain

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/23/
587666283/these-10-ers-sharply-reduced-opioid-use-and-still-eased-pain

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/
opinion/sunday/hospice-good-death.html

2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/29/
567525861/pain-management-clinic-offers-an-alternative-to-opioids

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/
well/live/the-secret-life-of-pain.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/19/
528516985/poll-doctors-are-still-prescribing-lots-of-opioids-for-low-back-pain

2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/
opinion/managing-pain-and-opioid-addiction.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/us/
opioids-addiction-chronic-pain.html

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/
sometimes-pain-is-a-puzzle-that-cant-be-solved/

2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/22/
436905063/to-curb-pain-without-opioids-oregon-looks-to-alternative-treatments

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/
alleviating-pain-delivering-love/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/
opinion/the-pain-medication-conundrum.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/04/10/
396884295/a-life-saving-medication-that-my-patient-didn-t-get

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/
when-doing-everything-is-way-too-much/

2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/
opinion/depression-can-be-treated-but-it-takes-competence.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/
opinion/sunday/how-to-talk-about-pain.html

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/
a-pain-thats-hard-to-discuss/

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/
giving-chronic-pain-a-medical-platform-of-its-own/

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/
bidding-farewell-to-ghosts-of-pain/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/
opinion/l17disease.html

chronic pain        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/02/
a-common-treatment-for-endometriosis-could-actually-be-making-things-worse

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2021/jul/02/
this-is-what-chronic-pain-looks-like-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/29/
i-struggle-every-day-with-the-loss-of-my-former-life-what-its-like-to-live-with-chronic-pain

endometriosis,

a chronic inflammatory condition

that affects one in 10 women globally,        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/02/
a-common-treatment-for-endometriosis-could-actually-be-making-things-worse

chronic pain        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/
opinion/chronic-pain-america-working-class.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/
well/mind/glial-cells-chronic-pain-treatment.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/15/
787138928/researchers-explore-a-drug-free-idea-to-relieve-chronic-pain-
green-light

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/11/
743065892/meditation-reduced-
the-opioid-dose-she-needs-to-ease-chronic-pain-by-75

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/23/
741783834/in-tiny-doses-an-addiction-medication-moonlights-
as-a-treatment-for-chronic-pain

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/19/
751495463/got-pain-a-virtual-swim-with-dolphins-may-help-melt-it-away

migraine pain        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/01/
i-usually-end-up-calling-an-ambulance-
why-migraine-pain-is-not-just-a-bad-headache

searing pain        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/
opinion/sickle-cell-gene-therapy-crispr.html

manage pain        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/19/
751495463/got-pain-a-virtual-swim-with-dolphins-may-help-melt-it-away

ease her / his pain        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/11/
743065892/meditation-reduced-
the-opioid-dose-she-needs-to-ease-chronic-pain-by-75

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/19/
751495463/got-pain-
a-virtual-swim-with-dolphins-may-help-melt-it-away

stand the pain        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/20/
577139699/er-reduces-opioid-use-by-more-than-half-
with-dry-needles-laughing-gas

painful

painless        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/
opinion/sunday/hospice-good-death.html

suffering        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/09/
publish-figures-on-long-covid-to-show-untold-suffering-mps-urge

suffering        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/
opinion/sunday/hospice-good-death.html

intolerable / intractable suffering        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/
well/live/aid-in-dying.html

pain management program        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/29/
567525861/pain-management-clinic-offers-an-alternative-to-opioids

pain medications        USA

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/20/
629942414/doctors-raise-alarm-about-shortages-of-pain-medications

back pain        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/19/
528516985/poll-
doctors-are-still-prescribing-lots-of-opioids-for-low-back-pain

chronic pain        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/09/
592305410/questions-and-answers-about-opioids-and-chronic-pain

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/
giving-chronic-pain-a-medical-platform-of-its-own/

uncontrollable physical pain        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/
well/live/aid-in-dying.html

extreme pain        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/26/
pain-long-term-drug-addiction

excruciating        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/15/
pain-scale-women-endometriosis-period

excruciating pain        USA

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-02-20-
kidney-stone_x.htm

excruciating symptoms        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/
nyregion/new-york-monkeypox-vaccine.html

chest pains

pain medicine

curb pain        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/22/
436905063/to-curb-pain-without-opioids-oregon-looks-to-alternative-treatments

relieve the pain        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/22/
436905063/to-curb-pain-without-opioids-oregon-looks-to-alternative-treatments

pain relief        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/
opinion/sunday/hospice-good-death.html

pain management center        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/22/
436905063/to-curb-pain-without-opioids-oregon-looks-to-alternative-treatments

painkiller        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/10/
health.drugsandalcohol

painkiller        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/
health/gabapentin-seniors-pain.html

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/
phys-ed-does-ibuprofen-help-or-hurt-during-exercise/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/health/07well.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/21/business/21fda.html

opioids        USA

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/04/10/
396884295/a-life-saving-medication-that-my-patient-didn-t-get

relieve chronic pain        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/15/
787138928/researchers-explore-a-drug-free-idea-to-relieve-chronic-pain-green-light

pain relief

ease pain        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/23/
754869132/exercising-to-ease-pain-taking-brisk-walks-can-help

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/23/
587666283/these-10-ers-sharply-reduced-opioid-use-and-still-eased-pain

patients

patients > caregiving > family caregivers

doctors, physicians, GPs

treatment > prescription drugs >

painkillers

USA > prescription opioid painkillers

USA > prescription opioid painkillers >

Fentanyl

UK, USA > drugs >

cannabis / marijuana, legalization debate

body,

health, medicine, drugs,

viruses, bacteria,

diseases / illnesses,

hygiene, sanitation,

health care / insurance

health,

contraception, abortion,

pregnancy, birth, life,

life expectancy,

getting older / aging,

death

genetics

mental health, psychology

beliefs, emotions, feelings, mindset, mood

lifestyle / health > exercise,

smoking / tobacco, vaping,

drinking / alcohol,

diet, obesity