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1 online resource (306 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
History of pain -- Pain mechanisms and types -- Pain and the brain -- Pain processing : some theories -- The complexities of measuring pain -- Psychogenic pain : is it a useful concept? -- Pain as a disease -- Pain in neonates and infants -- Pain and religion -- Empathy and pain -- Genetics and pain -- Pain and consciousness -- Pain : present and future considerations. |
| Summary |
Despite the proliferation of pain clinics and various pain-oriented therapies, there is an absence of data supporting any substantial change in the statistics regarding the incidence, development and persistence of pain. As renowned pain clinician and scientist Daniel M. Doleys argues, there may be a need for a fundamental shift in the way we view pain. In this thoughtful work, Doleys presents the evolving concept and complex nature of pain with the intention of promoting a broadening of the existing paradigm within which pain is viewed and understood. Combining neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy of science, this book reviews the history of pain and outlines the current concepts and theories regarding the mechanisms involved in the experience of pain. Experimental and clinical research in a broad array of areas including neonatal pain, empathy and pain, psychogenic pain, and genetics and pain is summarized. The notion of pain as a disease process rather than a symptom is highlighted. Although there is a continued interest in activation of the peripheral nociceptive system as a determining factor in the experience of pain, thegrowing appreciation for the brain as the intimate "pain generator" is emphasized. The definition of consciousness and conscious awareness and a theory as to how it relates to nociceptive processing is discussed. Finally, the author describes the potential benefit of incorporating some of the concepts from systems and quantum theory into our thinking about pain. The area of pain research and treatment seems on the precipice of change. This work intends to provide a glimpse of what these changes might be in the context of where pain research and therapy has come from, where it currently is, and where it might be headed |
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English. |
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Chronic pain.
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Chronic Pain |
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Douleur chronique.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Chronic pain
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Doleys, Daniel M. Pain. Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2014 9780199331536 (DLC) 2013034353 (OCoLC)857141340 |
| ISBN |
9780199331543 (electronic bk.) |
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0199331545 (electronic bk.) |
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9780199331536 (alk. paper) |
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0199331537 |
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9780199331550 (alk. paper) |
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0199331553 |
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0199369038 |
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9780199369034 |
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AU@ 000055955521 |
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AU@ 000062594377 |
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