Pain

Description

A comprehensive, holistic textbook addressing--in detail--the nature of pain and its management.

Key Features

• Expert editor and contributors
• Holistic framework
• Extremely well referenced, research-based
• Excellent chapters on the nature of pain--both neurophysiological terms, and in psychological terms
• Includes chapters on specific types of pain--e.g. cancer pain, sickle cell disease pain, etc. Also has chapters on specific client groups--e.g. children, and the elderly
• Foreword by Professor Jack Hayward

Readership

All qualified nurses in adult general care--in community and hospital settings. Will also be an excellent reference text for students. Physiotherapists will also find it relevant.

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Veronica Nicky Thomas, BSc, PhD, DipN, RGN, CPsychol, DipCouns, Department of Nursing Studies, King's College, London, UK