Pain - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition

by Hubert van Griensven, PhD, MSc(Pain), MCSP, BSc, DipAc and Jenny Strong, PhD, MOccThy and BOccThy

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ISBN: 9780323870375

Publication Date: 04-06-2023

Page Count: 470

Imprint: Elsevier

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Key Features
- Comprehensive information about all aspects of pain and pain management
- Relevant to a wide audience – suitable for physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, nurses and GPs, as well as undergraduate students
- Factual and informative for clinicians in everyday practice
- Includes information on acute as well as chronic pain
New to This Edition
- New chapters on communication, the language of pain, pain education for patients, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary working, and inequities in pain including pain in low- and middle-income countries and amongst indigenous peoples
- Updated chapters with new information about the psychology of pain
- Now with full colour artworks and page design
Contents

1. Introduction to pain
2. The patient’s voice
3. Developing your communication toolkit: a practical guide for healthcare professionals
4. Social determinants of pain

Section 1: Overview: what is pain?
5. The psychology of pain: implications for the assessment and management of people in pain
6. Neuroanatomy of the nociceptive system
7. Neurophysiology of pain

Section 2: Assessment and management of pain
8. Assessing pain
9. Pain education for patients
10. Participating in life roles through self-management
11. Exercise therapy
12. Psychological management of pain
13. Neuropathic pain and complex regional pain syndrome
14. Manual therapy and influence on pain perception
15. Pain pharmacology and the pharmacological management of pain
16. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and acupuncture
17. Workplace rehabilitation

Section 3: Special issues
18. Multidisciplinary and interprofessional working
19. Pain in childhood
20. Pain in older adults
21. Cancer pain
22. Inequities in pain: pain in low- and middle-income countries and among indigenous peoples
23. Chronic pain and psychiatric problems
24. Acute pain
25. Persistent pain and the law: legal aspects of persistent pain management
26. Conclusions: the future
Authors

Hubert van Griensven, PhD, MSc(Pain), MCSP, BSc, DipAc, Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK and Jenny Strong, PhD, MOccThy and BOccThy, Emeritus Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia