Innovative Approaches to Chronic Pain - Understanding the Experience of Pain and Suffering and the Role of Healing (Paperback)

This book sets out to restore the concept of healing to its place within and beyond pain medicine, in chapters authored by keynote speakers to the British Pain Society's Philosophy and Ethics Special Interest Group. Exploring psychological, spiritual and creative approaches, contributors reflect on therapeutic avenues ranging from the deliberate use of the placebo response and the importance of a caring relationship between patient and practitioner, to the use of knitting as a therapeutic tool. Barriers to the flow of healing such as practitioners' careless use of language and cultural attitudes are identified and contrasted with the need to understand the first-person perspectives of people who are suffering. This book will provide hope and inspiration both to people who have become disillusioned with conventional medical approaches to the relief of their pain, and to health professionals sadly aware of the frequent inadequacy of their efforts to help them.

General

Imprint:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2020
Editors:	Peter Wemyss-Gorman
Contributors:	Paul Dieppe • Ann Williamson • David Reilly • Raanan Gillon • Havi Carel • Tom Shakespeare • Betsan Corkhill • Jeremy Swayne • Jonathan Koffman
Dimensions:	226 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-78775-187-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Anaesthetics > Pain & pain management Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	1-78775-187-2
Barcode:	9781787751873

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