Arguing that the American medical industry adheres to outdated pain-management practices that fail to bring effective relief to millions of patients, a history of pain management describes some approaches of past cultures while outlining available treatments.
Record details
ISBN:0865476810
ISBN:9780865476813 (hc.) :
Physical Description:print xii, 364 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The vale of pain, the veil of pain : pain as metaphor -- The spell of surgical sleep : pain as history -- Terrible alchemy : pain as disease -- Finding a voice : pain as narrative -- To cure the mind : pain as perception.
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