The Nature of Pain and Its Management: A Nursing Perspective

A comprehensive, holistic textbook addressing--in detail--the nature of pain and its management.

• Expert editor and contributors
• Holistic framework
• Extremely well referenced, research-based
• Excellent chapters on the nature of pain--both neurophysiological terms, and in psychological terms
• Includes chapters on specific types of pain--e.g. cancer pain, sickle cell disease pain, etc. Also has chapters on specific client groups--e.g. children, and the elderly
• Foreword by Professor Jack Hayward