Confronting Chronic Pain

A Pain Doctor's Guide to Relief

Steven H. Richeimer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2014
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4214-1253-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This comprehensive guide is designed to help everyone whose days are filled with chronic pain - the kind of pain that truly is a disease unto itself. Where does chronic pain come from, and why doesn't it go away? Dr. Steven H. Richeimer, an eminent voice in the field of pain management, answers these and other fundamental questions about chronic pain. Board certified in pain medicine, anesthesiology, and psychiatry, he knows that the stress of persistent pain quickly takes a toll on the body and the mind. And he has helped thousands of people reduce their pain and reclaim their lives. In Confronting Chronic Pain, Dr. Richeimer discusses what causes pain in such disorders as arthritis, cancer, fibromyalgia, chronic headache, and back pain - and describes how to get relief. He provides clear and up-to-date information about pain medications, exercise and nutrition, injections and neurostimulators, and complementary therapies. He also explains the many approaches to managing the social and emotional aspects of pain.
Understanding that chronic pain affects the spirit, he offers seven spiritual tools for moving beyond pain; understanding that chronic pain affects the whole family, he has created an action plan for family harmony; understanding the emotional component of people in pain, he helps them solve the chronic pain puzzle. "Just learn to live with it" is not a satisfactory response to someone living with chronic pain. Dr. Richeimer's compassionate and holistic approach can help soften the harsh edges of pain and provide hope for the future.

Autor

Steven H. Richeimer, M.D., is an associate professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry and chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at the University of Southern California. He is also director of Pain Management at Norris Cancer Hospital, Los Angeles. Kathy Steligo is a freelance writer specializing in business and health topics, coauthor of Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Identify Your Risk, Understand Your Options, Change Your Destiny, and author of The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook: Issues and Answers from Research to Recovery, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Inhalt

List of Tables
Foreword, by Rollin M. Gallagher, M.D., M.P.H.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Science of Pain
2. Chronically Painful Conditions
3. Pain Medications and How They Work
4. Mind-over-Pain Therapies
5. Body-over-Pain Therapies
6. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
7. Spirit over Pain
8. The Family in Pain
9. The Patient in Control
10. The Future of Pain Management
Notes
Glossary
Resources
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
• Co-Autor: Kathy Steligo
• Zusatzinfo: 10 Line drawings, black and white
• Verlagsort: Baltimore, MD
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 363 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• ISBN-10: 1-4214-1253-5 / 1421412535
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-1253-5 / 9781421412535
• Zustand: Neuware