1st Edition
Pain, Suffering and Healing Insights and Understanding
By Peter Wemyss-Gorman
Copyright 2011
168 Pages
by
CRC Press
168 Pages
by
CRC Press
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As our understanding of the mechanisms of the brain and nervous system that underlie the conscious experience of pain has increased over the past 60 years, so too has the field of pain management. What began as almost exclusively the domain of anaesthetists has become multidisciplinary, and now comprises many other specialisms including neurology, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy and... Read more
Foreword. Preface. Introduction. The tao of pain. Suffering and choice. Questions of pain. Bundling with big pharma. What are pain clinics for? Management of the difficult patient in the pain clinic. Exploiting the placebo response: culpable deception or a neglected path in the search for healing? Prostituting pain. Michelle. Recovery from alcoholism and other addictions. Learning to accept suffering.
Biography
Peter Wemyss-Gorman, Murray Wallace
