Bryn Davis, Bryn D Davis

Caring for People in Pain

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An excellent 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 *the experience of pain, including psycho-social factors *interventions (pharmocological, physical and psychological) *alternative and complementary therapies. Caring for People in Pain clearly sets out the research base for practice and provides a thorough and accessible text for students of this core topic on all entry level and many post-registration nursing courses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780415188906
• ISBN-10: 0415188903
• Artikelnr.: 21010538

Autorenporträt

Bryn Davis, Bryn D. Davis

Inhaltsangabe

Part One - Introduction - What is pain? 1.Introduction 2.Kinds of PainPart
Two - Factors Influencing the Pain Experience 3.Nociception -
Sensory-Discriminative Aspects 4. Motivational and Emotional Aspects of
Pain 5.Cognitive and Evaluative Aspects of Pain 6.Social and Cultural
Aspects of PainPart Three - Interventions to Help the Person in Pain
7.Pharmacological and Physical Interventions 8.Psycholgical Interventions
Part Four - The Management of Pain 9.The Assessment and Monitoring of Pain
10.Administration of Interventions 11.Conclusion: The Future; Research and
Education