Editorial: Non-biomedical perspectives on pain and its prevention and management – volume II

Pain remains a major public health challenge worldwide, contributing substantially to disability, reduced quality of life, and social and economic burden. While biomedical approaches have advanced understanding of nociception and pain-related pathology, there is increasing recognition that such perspectives alone are insufficient to account for the persistence, variability, and inequitable distribution of pain. Social, cultural, relational, and environmental factors play a central role in shaping how pain is experienced, interpreted, prevented, and managed. This Research Topic, Non-biomedical perspectives on pain and its prevention and management – Volume II, builds on this recognition by bringing together a diverse collection of contributions that explore pain beyond narrowly biomedical framings.