Pain : Its Nature and Management

A comprehensive, holistic textbook addressing--in detail--the nature of pain and its management.

Features: * Expert editor and contributors * Holistic framework * Extremely well referenced, research-based * Excellent chapters on the nature of pain--both neurophysiological terms, and in psychological terms * Includes chapters on specific types of pain--e.g. cancer pain, sickle cell disease pain, etc. Also has chapters on specific client groups--e.g. children, and the elderly * Foreword by Professor Jack Hayward