Pain, 1st Edition
Its Nature and Management
Date of Publication: 05/1997
A comprehensive, holistic textbook addressing--in detail--the nature of pain and its management.
Key Features
- 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
Author Information
By Veronica Nicky Thomas, BSc, PhD, DipN, RGN, CPsychol, DipCouns, Department of Nursing Studies, King's College, London, UK
