Social relations and chronic pain /
While there is widespread recognition among experts that biological, psychological, and social factors influence the experience of pain, for reasons unclear the social component has failed to attract much attention. Recognizing the larger social reality in the background of each patient, this book f...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
2002.
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| Series: | Plenum series in rehabilitation and health.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | While there is widespread recognition among experts that biological, psychological, and social factors influence the experience of pain, for reasons unclear the social component has failed to attract much attention. Recognizing the larger social reality in the background of each patient, this book fills a major gap in the literature by incorporating the social dimension - most significantly, the family - in the overall assessment and treatment of pain. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 164 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-155) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0306471973 9780306471971 |