Handbook for Pain Management (Paperback)

by Ruth T. Kingdon (Author), Karen J. Stanley (Author), Robert J. Kizior (Author)

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Product Description
B. Saunders. Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, CA. Portable quick reference on the essentials of pain management. Organized by client population and includes coverage of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods. For clinical healthcare workers. 8 U.S. contributors. Trim size: 8.25 x 4 inches. Softcover. DNLM: Pain --therapy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company; 1st edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 072166329X
• ISBN-13: 978-0721663296
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,182,866 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Narcotics Are Not Just for Substance Abuse, October 3, 2000

By	[e-mail] (Elizabeth Rasche Gonzal... (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This book should be at the top of every health professional's list. Many patients who suffer with intractable pain -- whether from AIDS or scoliosis -- will find it heartening and hope-inspiring. It clears up preconceptions and myths which are ubiquitous and extremely damaging to patients. It tackles head- on one of the oft-voiced Gut Fears in Prescribing, that of "turning the patient into an addict." Concisely yet comprehensively, it pioneers largely uncharted territory ranging from pain that is never adequately treated becaused it is classified as "nonmalignant" to that old bugaboo, "substance abuse." (A major point made under the latter heading is that people with substance abuse problems or drug dependency can still suffer pain!)

While providing a high-level discussion of the many different options available to clinicians treating pain, this volume is especially stellar in its treatment of narcotic therapy for chronic pain. Along the way, it answers questions that may never have been asked but should have been, such as "Why does my patient who says he's in pain look as if he isn't feeling anything?" (Answer: This is a hallmark of chronic pain, the chronic suppression of reactivity to pain.)

This volume is not a pharmacology treatise wafting about in the theoretical realms of academia. It is a report from the trenches. It tells real people how to deal with real pain, whether they are parents of toddlers or friends of seniors; whether they are health professionals, sufferers of pain, or both. Don't miss this one! -- It is a pragmagtically useful, exceptionally informative, all-round wonderful book.