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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461224103321

Titolo

Pain and chemical dependency [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Howard S. Smith, Steven D. Passik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-283-23212-X

9786613232120

0-19-971980-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (469 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithHoward S. <1956->

PassikSteven D

Disciplina

615.7822

Soggetti

Opioid abuse - Treatment

Opioids - Therapeutic use - Complications

Chronic pain - Chemotherapy - Complications

Opioids - Side effects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Addiction and related issues -- pt. 3. The problem of clinical pain -- pt. 4. Current approaches to management of the chemically dependent patient -- pt. 5. Clinical management of pain in chemical dependency -- pt. 6. Aberrant drug-taking considerations -- pt. 7. Pain and chemical dependency : the interface.

Sommario/riassunto

Both pain and addiction are tremendous public health problems. Practitioners of every stripe say that they learned precious little about pain or addiction in their training and readily admit that instruction on the interface of pain and addiction is nonexistent. The recent problem of prescription drug abuse has only served to highlight the fact that these two worlds need unificationthose who treat pain must be informed about the risks of controlled substances and those who treat addiction need to better and more fully understand their benefits. Nowhere is the pooled knowledge of pain management