Insights into Pain: A Review of Qualitative Research

Mike Osborn; Karen Rodham

doi:10.1177/204946371000400102

Insights into Pain: A Review of Qualitative Research

Rev Pain. 2010 Mar;4(1):2-7. doi: 10.1177/204946371000400102.

Authors

Mike Osborn¹, Karen Rodham²

Affiliations

¹ Consultant Macmillan Clinical Psychologist, Pain Clinic, Royal United Hospital, Bath.
² Lecturer, Psychology Department, University of Bath and Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases.

Abstract

Qualitative research exposes and explores important aspects of the pain experience that are inaccessible to other approaches.Qualitative work adopts a different epistemological and ontological perspective to quantitative work.Qualitative research is not well established in the field of pain, but is growing.More interpretative engagement with qualitative data is required.