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Marcia L. Meldrum
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BIOGRAPHY

Researcher, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles; Co-Director, John C. Liebeskind History of Pain Collection, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. A version of her article "Pain" in SAGE Publications' Encyclopedia of Disability (2006) appears in Britannica.

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How does the human body perceive and respond to pain?
Pain, complex experience consisting of a physiological and a psychological response to a noxious stimulus. Pain is a warning mechanism that protects an organism by influencing it to withdraw from harmful stimuli; it is primarily associated with injury or the threat of injury. Pain is subjective and…
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