Social Relations and Chronic Pain
Author:   Ranjan Roy
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Edition:   2002 ed.
ISBN:  

9780306464966


Pages:   164
Publication Date:   28 February 2001
Format:   Hardback
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While there is widespread recognition among experts that biological, psychological, and social factors influence the experience of pain, for reasons unclear the social component has failed to attract much attention. Recognizing the larger social reality in the background of each patient, this book fills a major gap in the literature by incorporating the social dimension -- most significantly, the family -- in the overall assessment and treatment of pain.

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Author:   Ranjan Roy
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2002 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.980kg
ISBN:  

9780306464966


ISBN 10:   0306464969
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   28 February 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Nature of Social Dislocation for Chronic Pain Sufferers.- Cost of Chronic Pain.- Myth and Reality of Family Function.- Impact of Parental Illness and Pain on Children.- What Happens to Spouses?.- Family Intervention.- The Nature of Social Support.- Chronic Pain Patient and the Occupational Role.- Dilemma of in Jured Patients: What Entitles them to Compensation?.- The Patient and the Medical World: Mrs. Kramer’s Journey Through the Medical System.

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