Over the years a scientific revolution has taken place in the field of brain research and therapy. A major catalyst for this change was the introduction in 1965 by Professor Ronald Melzack and Professor Patrick D. Wall of the 'gate control' theory of pain, which led to an explosion of research studies and new therapeutic approaches. In this informative and important study they explore the current status of pain research and treatment. Divided into four sections, the book describes the psychological and clinical aspects of pain, presents the rapidly increasing physiological evidence and examines the major theories of pain and their implications for its control. The authors emphasize the need to promote education regarding the treatment of pain among both health professionals and patients, arguing that many people suffer needlessly through ignorance of medical advances. In the final section they explain the exciting developments in pain control, in particular the radical approach to the control of chronic pain being pioneered by pain clinics and hospices.
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Ronald Melzack is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at McGill University. After receiving his Ph.D. from McGill, he carried out research at the University of Oregon Medical School, the University of Pisa and University College London. Patrick D. Wall (1925 - 2001) was Professor Emeritus at the University of London. After receiving his medical degree from Oxford, he worked at the Universities of Yale, Chicago and Harvard, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Useful introduction to pain,
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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.
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Challenge of pain,
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This is an extremely informative book. It is well written even for the lay reader.
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The link between pain and injury seems so obvious that it is widely believed that pain is always the result of physical damage and that the intensity of pain we feel is proportional to the severity of the injury. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ventrolateral spinal cord, prepared childbirth training, aversive drive, hyperstimulation analgesia, afferent barrage, spinal cells, pain centre, central summation, dorsal horn cells, brachial plexus avulsion, specificity theory, ventrobasal thalamus, phantom limb pain, formalin test, spinal cord cells, flexion reflex, physiological specialization, dorsal column stimulation, large fibres, hypnotic analgesia, sensory modulation, prolonged relief, small fibres, anaesthetic blocks, pain mechanisms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The link between pain and injury seems so obvious that it is widely believed that pain is always the result of physical damage and that the intensity of pain we feel is proportional to the severity of the injury. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ventrolateral spinal cord, prepared childbirth training, aversive drive, hyperstimulation analgesia, afferent barrage, spinal cells, pain centre, central summation, dorsal horn cells, brachial plexus avulsion, specificity theory, ventrobasal thalamus, phantom limb pain, formalin test, spinal cord cells, flexion reflex, physiological specialization, dorsal column stimulation, large fibres, hypnotic analgesia, sensory modulation, prolonged relief, small fibres, anaesthetic blocks, pain mechanisms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pain Questionnaire, Brompton Mixture, United States, Cicely Saunders New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Back Pain (Understanding) by M Jayson in Back Matter
- Pain in Children and Adolescents (Pain Research and Clinical Management, Volume 1) by Patrick J. McGrath in Back Matter
- On Being Ill by Virginia Woolf on page 36
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- Pain: Theory, Research and Intervention (Health Psychology) by Sandra Horn on 8 pages
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