The Global Pain Crisis: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Author:   Judy Foreman (Health Journalist, Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190259235


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   25 May 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Judy Foreman (Health Journalist, Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9780190259235


ISBN 10:   019025923
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   25 May 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1. What is Chronic Pain? Chapter 2. Who is Hardest Hit by Chronic Pain? Chapter 3. The Opioid Mess in the United States Chapter 4. The Opioid Mess Worldwide Chapter 5. Marijuana Chapter 6. Western Medicine Treatments for Chronic Pain Chapter 7. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments for Chronic Pain Chapter 8. The Way Forward Appendix I: Resources Appendix II: Treatments for Pain

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Judy is a compelling and very readable author, who takes a difficult and complex subject and makes it understandable, in 'bite-size' pieces. - Perry G. Fine, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Utah


-Judy is a compelling and very readable author, who takes a difficult and complex subject and makes it understandable, in 'bite-size' pieces.- - Perry G. Fine, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Utah


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Judy Foreman is a nationally syndicated health columnist who has won more than 50 journalism awards and whose columns have appeared regularly in the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News and other national and international outlets. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College, served in the Peace Corps in Brazil for three years, and received a Master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. From 2000 to 2001, she was a Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School. From 2001 to 2004, she was a Lecturer on Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She has also been the host of a weekly, call-in radio show on Healthtalk.com. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University.

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