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Ouch! - Why Pain Hurts, and Why it Doesn't Have To (Hardcover)
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Ouch! - Why Pain Hurts, and Why it Doesn't Have To (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 240
You Save R61 (10%)
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Pain seems like a fairly straightforward experience - you get hurt
and it, well, hurts. But how would you describe it? By the number
of broken bones or stitches? By the cause - the crowning baby, the
sharp knife, the straying lover? What does a 7 on a pain scale of 1
to 10 really mean? Pain is complicated. But most of the time, the
way we treat pain is superficial - we seek out states of perfect
painlessness by avoiding it at all costs, or suppressing it,
usually with drugs. This has left us hurting all the more. Through
in-depth interviews, investigation into the history of pain and
original research, Ouch! paints a new picture of pain as a complex
and multi-layered phenomenon. Authors Margee Kerr and Linda
McRobbie Rodriguez tell the stories of sufferers and survivors,
courageous kids and their brave parents, athletes and artists,
people who find healing and pleasure in pain, and scientists
pushing the boundaries of pain research, to challenge the notion
that all pain is bad and harmful. They reveal why who defines pain
matters and how history, science, and culture shape how we
experience pain. Ouch! dismantles prevailing assumptions about pain
and that not all pain is bad, not all pain should be avoided, and,
in the right context, pain can even feel good. To build a healthier
relationship with pain, we must understand how it works, how it is
expressed and how we communicate and think about it. Once we
understand how pain is made, we can remake it.
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