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Title Chronic pain : a health policy perspective / edited by Saifudin Rashiq [and others]
Published Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell/Wiley-VCH, [2008]
©2008
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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 318 pages) : illustrations
Series Health care and disease management, 1864-9947
Health care and disease management.
Contents 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; 2: History and Definition of Pain; 3: The Descriptive Epidemiology of Chronic Pain; 4: The Economics of Chronic Pain; 5: Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Chronic Pain; 6: Pathophysiology of Chronic Pain; Part Two: Treatment; 7: Why Does Pain Become Chronic?; 8: What Chronic Pain Looks Like to the Clinician; 9: Drug Treatment for Chronic Pain; 10: Non-Drug Treatments for Chronic Pain
Summary Discussing all aspects of chronic pain management, this is the second volume in our fascinating 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 the history, pathophysiology, ethics and epidemiology of chronic pain before covering the different aspects of treating chronic pain in more detail. Strategies for improving pain management as well as policy implications are highlighted. This book is an essential reference work for all clinicians, administrators and policy makers in t
Analysis Electronic books
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Chronic Disease.
Pain.
Health Policy.
Pain Management.
Chronic pain -- Government policy.
Chronic pain -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Chronic pain -- Treatment.
Chronic pain.
Form Electronic book
Author Rashiq, Saifudin.
Institute of Health Economics.
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
ISBN 1281946974
3527622659 (electronic bk.)
3527622667
9781281946973
9783527323821
9783527622658 (electronic bk.)
9783527622665
(Cloth)