Victoria M. Grace

This article reports the findings of a population-based study in New Zealand that investigated comparative well-being, comorbidity, and the impact of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) on activities. Chronic pelvic pain was defined as lower abdomina…

Chronic pelvic pain in women is a key site through which explorations of the meanings of female gender and pain might further insights into the broader question of the embodied experience of women in relation to pain. A biocultural approach…

UnlabelledChronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is often debilitating and isolating. Problems with diagnosis continue to make CPP one of the most perplexing conditions in gynaecology, and one of the most difficult to treat.ObjectivesThis paper…

This article reviews specific clinical and philosophical problems in the medical and psychiatric literature on chronic pelvic pain since 1993. The problem of the dichotomy of 'organic' and 'psychogenic' pain has been well established in pre…

Women who have used the New Zealand medical services for chronic pelvic pain report problems with diagnosis, communication with the doctor, lack of information, and inappropriate treatment. There is a sense of increasing loss of control as …

Women who have used the New Zealand health services for chronic pelvic pain have reported problems with diagnosis, communication with the doctor, lack of information, and inappropriate treatment. Six focus groups were conducted in which wom…