| Description |
1 online resource (x, 365 pages) : illustrations |
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From aetiology to public health |
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From aetiology to public health
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| Contents |
Part 1: Basic ideas -- 1. Chronic pain as a topic for epidemiology and public health / Peter Croft, Fiona Blyth, Danielle van der Windt -- 2. The global occurrence of chronic pain: an introduction / Peter Croft, Fiona Blyth, Danielle van der Windt -- 3. The demography of chronic pain: an overview / Fiona Blyth -- Appendix to Part 1: Basic epidemiological concepts -- Part 2: Definition and measurement of chronic pain for population studies -- 4. Introduction to part 2 / Peter Croft, Kate Dunn, Fiona Blyth, Danielle van der Windt -- 5. Measuring chronic pain in populations / Clermont E. Dionne -- 6. Measuring the impact of chronic pain on populations / Heiner Raspe -- 7. Number of pain sites -- a simple measure of population risk? / Bard Natvig, Camilla Ihlebaek, Yusman Kamaleri and Dag Bruusgaard -- Part 3: Mechanisms -- 8. The genetics of pain / Alex MacGregor -- 9. The biological response to stress and chronic pain / Anthony KP Jones, John McBeth and Andrea Power -- 10. Musculoskeletal pain complaints from a sex and gender perspective / H. Susan J Picave |
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Part 4: Common pain syndromes -- 11. Introduction to part 4 -- 12. The symptom of pain in populations / Danielle van der Windt -- 13. Headache / Helen Boardman -- 14. Pain in children / Gareth T Jones and Adriana Paola Botello -- 15. Lifecourse influences on chronic pain in adults / Gary J Macfarlane -- 16. Pain in older people / Elaine Thomas -- Part 5: Pain and disease -- 17. Introduction to part 5 / Peter Croft -- 18. Neuropathic pain / Blair H. Smith and Nicola Torrance -- 19. Post-surgical pain / Julie Bruce -- 20. Chronic chest pain, myocardial ischaemia and coronary artery disease phenotypes / Harry Hemingway, Justin Zaman and Gene Feder -- 21. Cancer / Fiona Blyth and Frances Boyle -- Part 6: Public health and chronic pain -- 22. Introduction to part 6 / Fiona Blyth, Danielle van der Windt, Peter Croft -- 23. Pharmacological treatments: the example of osteoarthritis / Weiya Zhang and Michael Doherty -- 24. The potential for prevention: occupation / Gwenllian Wynne-Jones -- 25. The potential for prevention: can we change a population's perspective on pain? / Rachelle Buchbinder -- 26. The potential for prevention: overview / Peter Croft, Danielle van der Windt, Helen Boardman, Fiona Blyth |
| Summary |
This text presents individual conditions as examples of chronic pain, together with chapters that provide overviews on the assessment of pain and methodological issues behind population assessment. It provides a framework and basis for thinking about chronic pain and the potential for its prevention in public health terms |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chronic pain -- Epidemiology
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Chronic pain -- Prevention
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Chronic pain -- Etiology
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Pain -- epidemiology
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Pain -- prevention & control
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Chronic Disease -- epidemiology
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Chronic Disease -- prevention & control
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Croft, Peter, 1949 November 11-
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Blyth, Fiona M
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Windt, Danielle van der
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Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780199235766 |
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0199235767 |
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9780191594816 |
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0191594814 |
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