Product Description

Pain and its Management provides a comprehensive, systematic and integrated account of approaches to pain management. The book is divided into two sections. The first section highlights the main theoretical considerations in relation to pain. It introduces pain as a concept, the importance of the integration of psychology into the multidisciplinary models of pain, and the biopsychosocial factors which influence pain perception and its assessment. The second section focuses on the treatment approaches to the management and control of pain. This incorporates evaluations of treatment effectiveness and evidence based practice. Included is a chapter on complimentary (alternative) approaches. Throughout the book examples are drawn from many clinical areas. Specific areas include orthopedic and rheumatic pain, neurological and headache pain, gunaecological and psychosexual pain, post-operative pain, cardiac pain and pain in palliative care. Pain and its Management will be an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate health psychology students, clinicians, nurses, health visitors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3164588 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

From the Publisher
Janice Abbott is Reader in Health Psychology, Lancashire Postgraduate School of Medicine and Health, University of Central Lancashire. Jane Smith is a Lecturer in Health Psychology, University of Central Lancashire.