Patrick Wall, Ronald Melzack

Broschiertes Buch

The Challenge of Pain

Beschreibung

Pain has many valuable functions. It can be a warning or force us to rest our bodies. This book examines various facets of pain: the psychological and clinical aspects, the physiological evidence, the major theories of pain and the developments in its control.

Autor

Ronald Melzack is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at McGill University. After receiving his Ph.D. from McGill, he carried out research at the University of Oregon Medical School, the University of Pisa and University College London. Patrick D. Wall (1925 - 2001) was Professor Emeritus at the University of London. After receiving his medical degree from Oxford, he worked at the Universities of Yale, Chicago and Harvard, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780140256703
• ISBN-10: 0140256709
• Artikelnr.: 21495421