Pain : dynamics and complexities /

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Despite the proliferation of pain clinics and various pain-oriented therapies, there is an absence of data supporting any substantial change in the statistics regarding the incidence, development and persistence of pain. As renowned pain clinician and scientist Daniel M. Doleys argues, there may be...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Doleys, Daniel M., e author
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2014.
Subjects:
Chronic pain.
Chronic Pain
Douleur chronique.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Chronic pain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • History of pain
  • Pain mechanisms and types
  • Pain and the brain
  • Pain processing : some theories
  • The complexities of measuring pain
  • Psychogenic pain : is it a useful concept?
  • Pain as a disease
  • Pain in neonates and infants
  • Pain and religion
  • Empathy and pain
  • Genetics and pain
  • Pain and consciousness
  • Pain : present and future considerations.

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