Pain: A Textbook for Therapists

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Provides greater understanding of the issues involved in assessing and treating people with pain. - By Strong, Unruth, Wright,and Baxter. (2002) 461pp

Many people in our communities have ailments that cause pain. As Professor Ronald Melzack has noted, unrelieved pain kills. It is therefore a responsibility of all health professionals to be knowledgeable about, and skilled in the assessment and management of, pain. Physiotherapists and occupational therapists have particularly crucial roles to play in this regard. In recognition of this, in1994, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) published the Outline Curriculum on Pain for Schools of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. Since then implementation of the OT/PT Pain Curriculum has been hampered by the lack of an integrated, comprehensive textbook to support. Pain: A Textbook for Therapists has been written to meet that need.

Key features

* Edited by members of the team that developed the IASP Curriculum.

* Written by an international group of experts.

* Designed specifically for the needs of therapists, particularly those following the

IASP curriculum.

* Provides an overview of the phyysiological, psychocial and environmental aspects

of pain across the lifespan.

* Considers the influence of gender, age and culture on pain experience and

management issues.

* Covers issues pertaining to secondary gain, addiction and compensation.

* Emphasizes an evidence -based perspective.

* Highlights and examines issues of pain assessment and management, which often

become problematical or contentious in practice.

Pain: A Textbook for Therapists will provide those who read it with a greater understanding of the issues involved in assessing and treating people with pain. It will increase their awareness of the problems involved and help them to use a more efective and evidence-based approach to pain management. This book is relevant to all therapists.

Date reviewed

21/12/2002

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