Description
Book SynopsisPain in one form or another is probably the most common symptom presented to medical and healthcare professionals. Long a subject of biomedical interest, more recent biopsychosocial theories have extended the study of pain as a concept which is highly individual in the way it is experienced.
Trade ReviewFirst Prize in Health and Social Care in the 2018 BMA Medical Book Awards "Elaine Denny has written a lively survey of research illuminating the experience of pain with a focus on the implications for clinical practice and policy. Problematising medical assumptions of objectivity around pain assessment, diagnosis and treatment that compound the experience of pain, this accessible book offers a strong critique of current clinical practice."
Hannah Bradby, Uppsala University, Sweden
"Given that the topic of pain covers such a vast spectrum including culture, religion, politics, science, medicine, and the arts, amongst others, this book does an impressive job of summarising these various, often conflicting, elements, giving the reader an excellent overview of its diverse philosophies. A must-read for those with a genuine interest in learning more about the field of pain."
Paul Cameron, University of Dundee
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Historical Perspectives on Pain
- Chapter 2: Sociological Theory, Concepts and Pain
- Chapter 3: The Experience of Pain
- Chapter 4: Care and Care Services for Pain
- Chapter 5: Structures of Diversity and Pain
- Chapter 6: Pain as an Contested Experience
- Chapter 7: Emotional Pain and Suffering
- Chapter 8: Health Professionals’ Experience of Pain
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- References
- Index
