From childhood to millennials and beyond, we need to take a life-course approach to occupation and work when in pain. In ‘Foundations’, we provide a critical account of the nature of work, ...
MoreFrom childhood to millennials and beyond, we need to take a life-course approach to occupation and work when in pain. In ‘Foundations’, we provide a critical account of the nature of work, and of pain. In ‘Investigations’, we analyse bi-directional relationships between children living with chronic pain and parents; between being a child in pain and schooling; what it is to be a millennial in pain; the implications of pain which is determined to be occupational in origin; and enabling a life lived well with pain as one ages. Our ‘Interventions’ section critically reviews what individuals can change, what workplaces can do, and how governments can innovate to try to maximize workability for people living with pain in the context of current working practices. Through a better understanding of how and why people seek to be occupied, we can maximize their social and personal involvement when living with ongoing pain.
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