Caring for People in Pain

An introduction for nurses to all aspects of pain and its management. Topics examined are relevant to all areas of health care practice and include: types of pain; psycho-social factors affecting pain; interventions (pharmocological, physical and psychological); and alternative and complementary the [...]
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An introduction for nurses to all aspects of pain and its management. Topics examined are relevant to all areas of health care practice and include: types of pain; psycho-social factors affecting pain; interventions (pharmocological, physical and psychological); and alternative and complementary therapies. The book sets out the research base for practice and provides an accessible text for students of this core topic on all entry level and many post-registration nursing courses.