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Pain Education, No Script Provided Episode 3. Social Determinants of Health

Episode 37

Pain Education, No Script Provided Episode 3. Social Determinants of Health

November 23, 2025

Without understanding social determinants of health, pain care becomes guesswork dressed as certainty. Monica Noy helps us separate influence from cause and shows why humility is a clinical skill.

• why private care creates privilege and access gaps
• how BPS gets narrowed and misused as causation
• influence versus cause across bio, psycho and social factors
• education gaps in neuroscience and pain mechanisms
• harms of structural narratives and “root cause” claims
• core social determinants: income, racism, education, work, sleep, access
• sex and gender biases in research and pain treatment
• racism and under treatment of pain 
• practical ways to center context without blame
• building trust through transparency and uncertainty

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