Pain: A textbook for health professionals

ISBN-13: 9780323870337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 470 str.

Spis treści

Foreword to the first edition

Foreword to the Second edition

Foreword to the third edition

Preface

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