Pain: Causes and Management - Softcover

Hawthorn, Jan; Redmond, Kathy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632040335 ISBN 13: 9780632040339

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

Nurses at all stages of their careers have a pivotal role in dealing with patients in pain. This book is an essential guide to the management and understanding of pain and provides clear and accessible information on identification and classification of pain, responses, and systems for treatment and their impact upon the patient. The book focuses on the causes and effects of pain including injury, surgery, infection and disease, and considers situations that nurses and health-care professionals may encounter in the clinical setting. Treatments including pharmacological, surgical and complementary techniques are illustrated and emphasis is given to the patient's conception of pain and the factors influencing management and therapy.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Nurses at all stages of their careers have a pivotal role in the care of patients in pain. This book is an essential guide to the understanding and management of pain. It provides clear and accessible information on this important topic.There is a consideration of how patient responses to pain and ability to cope are influenced by a variety of factors. The book focuses on the causes and effects of pain including injury, surgery, infection and disease and considers situations which nurses and health care professionals may encounter in the clinical setting. Treatments including pharmacological, surgical, non-invasive, and complementary techniques are outlined and placed within the framework of overall patient needs to combat pain.

About the Author:

Jan Hawthorn and Kathy Redmond are the authors of Pain: Causes and Management, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0632040335
• ISBN 13: 9780632040339
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250