Should chronic pain be considered a brain disease (BD)? Ethics lessons from a BD model of addiction

Presenter: Dr. Daniel Buchman, Bioethicist and Independent Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Ontario
Date: March 10, 2021

In this free webinar recording, Dr. Daniel Buchman examines recent arguments made by researchers, health care providers and people living with pain to classify chronic pain as a brain disease. He explores the ethical strengths and vulnerabilities of a brain disease framing, and how the recent history of framing addiction as a brain disease offers a cautionary tale with respect to chronic pain.