A Nation in Pain : Healing our Biggest Health Problem.

Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abuses of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethically, the failure to manage pain better is tantamount to torture. When chronic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foreman, Judy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2014.
Temas:
Chronic pain > United States.
Chronic pain > Treatment > United States.
Opioid abuse > United States > History.
Pain > Alternative treatment.
Douleur chronique > États-Unis.
Douleur chronique > Traitement > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie aux opiacés > États-Unis > Histoire.
Douleur > Médecines parallèles.
Chronic pain
Chronic pain > Treatment
Opioid abuse
Pain > Alternative treatment
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abuses of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethically, the failure to manage pain better is tantamount to torture. When chronic pain is inadequately treated, it undermines the body and mind. Indeed, the risk of suicide for people in chronic pain is twice that of other people. Far more than just a symptom, writes author Judy Foreman, chronic pain can be a disease in its own right -- the biggest health problem facing America.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (832 pages)
ISBN:9780199389544
0199389543

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