04325nam 2200757 a 450 991078170490332120230315201501.01-283-21226-997866132122690-8122-0473-510.9783/9780812204735(CKB)2550000000052538(OCoLC)768080353(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491853(SSID)ssj0000534757(PQKBManifestationID)11359071(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534757(PQKBWorkID)10519338(PQKB)11194724(MiAaPQ)EBC3441396(MdBmJHUP)muse8322(DE-B1597)449274(OCoLC)979904794(DE-B1597)9780812204735(Au-PeEL)EBL3441396(CaPaEBR)ebr10491853(CaONFJC)MIL321226(EXLCZ)99255000000005253819990804h20002000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier"Camp pain" talking with chronic pain patients /Jean E. JacksonPhiladelphia :University of Pennsylvania Press,2000.©20001 online resource (xi, 281 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-1715-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-261) and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Chapter 1. A Baffling Phenomenon --Chapter 2. Summer Camp? Boot Camp? An Introduction to CPC --Chapter 3. The Painful Journey --Chapter 4. "Getting with the Program" --Chapter 5. Building and Resisting Community --Chapter 6. "Winners": CPC Converts --Chapter 7. Me/Not-Me: Self, Language, and Pain --Chapter 8. Conclusions: The Puzzles of Pain --Coda: A Note on Approach --Appendix 1: CPC Patients and Staff --Appendix 2: Interview Questions --Notes --Bibliography --IndexPain is the most frequent cause of disability in America. And pain specialists estimate that as many as thirty to sixty million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Chronic pain is a complex phenomenon-often extremely difficult to treat, and surprisingly difficult to define.Just as medical literature in general neglects the experience of illness, so the clinical literature on pain neglects the experience of pain. "Camp Pain" takes an approach different from most studies of chronic pain, which are typically written from a medical or social perspective. Based on a year's fieldwork in a pain treatment center, this book focuses on patients' perspectives-on their experiences of pain, what these experiences mean to them, and how this meaning is socially constructed. Jackson explores the psychological burden imposed on many sufferers when they are judged not to have "real" pain, and by harsh moral judgments that sufferers are weak, malingering, or responsible in some way for their pain. Jackson also looks at the ways in which severe pain erodes and destroys personal identity, studying in particular the role of language.While keeping her focus on patients' experiences, Jackson explores Western concepts of disease, health, mind, and body; assumptions about cause and effect; and notions of shame, guilt, and stigma. "Camp Pain" does not attempt to resolve the uncertainties and misperceptions associated with pain but rather aims at enhancing our understanding of the wider implications of chronic pain by focusing on the sufferers themselves.Chronic painPsychological aspectsChronic painPain clinicsPainPsychological aspectsAnthropology.Caregiving.Folklore.Health.Linguistics.Medicine.Chronic painPsychological aspects.Chronic pain.Pain clinics.PainPsychological aspects.616/.0472Jackson Jean E(Jean Elizabeth),1943-1479555MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781704903321"Camp pain"3695722UNINA