Using a unique, holistic framework, this book comprehensively explores the neurophysiological and psychological aspects of pain, and details the various options for its management. Individual chapters address different specific types of pain, e.g., cancer pain and sickle cell disease pain, and explore the effects of pain on distinct client populations, such as children and the elderly.
- 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
