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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799958903321

Autore

Davis Bryn D.

Titolo

Caring for people in pain / / Bryn D. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-65915-6

9786610018611

1-134-65916-4

1-280-01861-5

0-203-02263-7

0-203-15938-1

Descrizione fisica

vi, 256 p. : ill

Disciplina

616/.0472

Soggetti

Pain - Nursing

Pain - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

part PART I Introduction: what is pain? -- chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Some experiences of pain -- part Part II Factors influencing the pain experience -- chapter 3 Nociception -- Sensory-discriminative aspects -- chapter 4 Emotional and motivational aspects of pain -- chapter 5 Cognitive and evaluative aspects of pain -- chapter 6 Social and cultural aspects of pain -- part Part III Interventions to help the person in pain -- chapter 7 Pharmacological and physical interventions -- chapter 8 Psychological interventions -- part Part IV The management of pain -- chapter 9 The assessment and monitoring of pain -- chapter 10 Administration of interventions -- chapter 11 Conclusion -- The future research and education.