Chronic pain : a health policy perspective / / edited by Saifudin Rashiq [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, Germany : , : WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.0472
• Soggetto topico: Chronic pain - Treatment; Chronic pain - Government policy; Chronic pain - Treatment - Moral and ethical aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): RashiqSaifudin
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chronic Pain: A Health Policy Perspective; Foreword; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Part One: Context; 1: The Lived Experience of Chronic Pain: Evidence of People ' s Voices; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Perspective of People with Pain; 1.2.1 Unfiltered Voices; 1.2.2 Literary Routes to the Lived Experience of Pain; 1.2.3 Lived Experience of Pain in Scholarly Publications; 1.2.4 The Visual Arts; 1.2.5 Pain Voices in Electronic Media; 1.3 Quality; 1.4 Barriers to Accessing the Evidence; 1.5 Consequences of Unvoiced Pain; 1.6 Dealing with the Evidence; 1.7 Summary ; 2: History and Definition of Pain2.1 Words for Pain; 2.2 " Pain " in Medicine; 2.2.1 1800-2000; 2.3 Defining Pain; 3: The Descriptive Epidemiology of Chronic Pain; 3.1 How Prevalent is Chronic Pain?; 3.1.1 Systematic Reviews; 3.1.1.1 Studies That Used the IASP Definition of Chronic Pain; 3.1.1.2 Studies That Used the ACR Definition of Chronic Widespread Pain; 3.1.1.3 Studies in Children and Elderly Populations; 3.1.2 Recent Studies; 3.1.3 Conclusions; 3.2 Chronic Pain in Canada and Alberta; 3.2.1 Conclusions; 4: The Economics of Chronic Pain; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Direct Costs of Chronic Pain ; 4.3 Indirect Costs of Chronic Pain4.4 The Wider Impact of Chronic Pain; 4.5 Pain Management Strategies; 4.5.1 Effectiveness; 4.5.2 Efficiency; 4.5.3 Equity; 4.6 Summary and Conclusion; 5: Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Chronic Pain; 5.1 Scope and Context; 5.2 Overview of the Literature on Chronic Pain and Ethics; 5.2.1 Beneficence; 5.2.2 Nonmaleficence; 5.2.3 Autonomy; 5.2.4 Justice and Social Responsibility; 5.2.5 Integrity; 5.3 Interacting Principles; 5.4 Pain, Public Policy, and Ethics; 6: Pathophysiology of Chronic Pain; 6.1 Nociception: How It Works ; 6.2 Chemical Mediators of Pain6.3 Contribution of Non-Neuronal Cells to Nociception; 6.4 Basic Science Contributions to Pain Management; 6.5 Impact of Policy on Knowledge Generation; Part Two: Treatment; 7: Why Does Pain Become Chronic?; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Chronic Post-surgical Pain; 7.2.1 Epidemiology of CPSP; 7.2.2 Surgical Factors Associated with CPSP; 7.2.3 Patient-Related Factors; 7.2.4 Preemptive/Preventive Analgesia; 7.3 Chronic Pain outside the Surgical Context; 7.4 Summary; 7.5 Conclusions; 7.6 Health Policy Implications and Recommendations ; 8: What Chronic Pain Looks Like to the Clinician8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Typical Patient; 8.3 Common Pain Conditions; 8.3.1 Spinal Pain; 8.3.2 Neck Pain; 8.3.3 Whiplash; 8.3.4 Low Back Pain; 8.3.5 Sciatica; 8.3.6 Failed Back Surgery Syndrome; 8.3.7 Arthritis; 8.3.8 Fibromyalgia and Widespread Pain; 8.3.9 Neuropathic Pain; 8.3.10 Diabetic Neuropathy; 8.3.11 Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux); 8.3.12 Post Herpetic Neuralgia; 8.3.13 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; 8.3.14 Co-morbidities; 8.4 How Do Patients Present?; 8.4.1 Worry/Anxiety; 8.4.2 Sadness/Depression; 8.4.3 Anger/Frustration ; 8.4.4 Fatigue/Exhaustion/Sleep Disorders
• Sommario/riassunto: Discussing all aspects of chronic pain management, this is the second volume of the new book series on health care and disease management, published with the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada.The authors provide an introduction into history, pathophysiology, ethics and epidemiology of chronic pain before covering the different aspects of treating chronic pain in more detail. Different ways for improving pain management as well as policy implications are highlighted. The title is targeted towards clinicians and professionals in the health care industry dealing wit
• Titolo autorizzato: Chronic pain
• ISBN: 1-281-94697-4; 9786611946975; 3-527-62266-7; 3-527-62265-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144110103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Health Care and Disease Management