The Challenge of Pain: A Modern Medical Classic
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Book Overview
Pain has many valuable functions. It can be a warning or force us to rest our bodies. Yet most ongoing chronic pain, such as unrelenting backache or headache, has no discernable cause and diminishes countless lives. Over the years a scientific revolution has taken place in chronic pain research and therapy. A major catalyst for this was the introduction of the "gate theory" by Professor Ronald Melzack and Professor Patrick D. Wall, which argued that...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0140256709
ISBN13:9780140256703
Release Date:July 1996
Publisher:Penguin UK
Length:339 Pages
Weight:0.56 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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Useful introduction to pain
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I'm a grad student currently doing a thesis which will probably on diabetic pain. I bought the challenge of pain in the hopes that it would be an in depth introduction to the topic of pain(which is one I did not originally know much about). I have found it to be very informative, with multiple citations and diagrams illustrating key principles. As many of the studies cited are from the 70s and 80s, it is also a very useful summary about the history of pain research. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone who is starting out in the field of pain, and probably anyone in the field already who would like to know more about it.
Challenge of pain
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is an extremely informative book. It is well written even for the lay reader.
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