Sociology ETDs
Publication Date
Fall 12-13-2024
Abstract
This dissertation is organized into three distinct chapters. In the first chapter, I undertake a content analysis of peer-reviewed medical literature to assess expert response to the Joint Commission’s implementation of pain standards. I argue that this movement embodies a form of standardizing empathy, yielding credible emotions. In the second chapter, I use a content analysis to evaluate the increased presence of patient reported outcomes, homing in on the case of the HCAHPs survey. Specifically, I focus on the evolution of HCAHPs’ pain questions as an exemplar case of PROS. I forward the concept of apocryphal data to understand the treatment of data that lack precision because of their lack of source validation. The final chapter employs a scoping review; in doing so, I argue that providers who deal with pain turn toward craft as a means of embracing a temporal break with the opioid crisis.
Degree Name
Sociology
Level of Degree
Doctoral
Department Name
Sociology
First Committee Member (Chair)
Owen Whooley
Second Committee Member
Kristin Barker
Third Committee Member
Georgiann Davis
Fourth Committee Member
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn
Keywords
Science and Technology Studies, Pain, Pain Measurement
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Fullenkamp, Natalie Kay. "Pain as Knowledge: Measurement, Quantification, and Authority in Pain Medicine." (2024). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/soc_etds/133
