A Nation in Pain-Judy Foreman on Scott Cluthe's P I Radio

Published: Feb. 12, 2014, 1 a.m.

b'Join Scott Cluthe\'s Newsletter HERE\\xa0\\n\\nJoin Scott Cluthe on FACEBOOK HERE\\xa0\\n\\n\\nScott Cluthe interviews veteran journalist & author Judy Foreman about her new book, A Nation in Pain.\\xa0\\nMs. Foreman says of her new book: "\\xa0In this book, I argue that lack of adequate pain control is one of the most urgent health problems in America. In my research over the last five years, I have interviewed nearly 200 scientists and physicians, as well as countless patients, a few lawyers and a handful of government officials...\\xa0I have found that there is an appalling mismatch between what people in pain need and what doctors know. "\\n\\nJudy Foreman\\xa0is a nationally syndicated medical journalist with 40 years experience\\xa0\\n\\nMs. Foreman\\xa0won a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989-1990.\\n\\nShe has also appeared on WBUR, the NPR affiliate in Boston, and has been the host of a weekly, call-in webcast on health issues.\\xa0She has won more than 50 journalism awards\\n\\nShe was a Lecturer on Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a consultant/patient advocate at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 2001 to 2004.'