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Beyond Pain: Making the Mind-Body Connection
"The range of topics covered in Beyond Pain is very wide, and one is likely to find almost any question about pain that one has ever puzzled over explored somewhere in its pages."
-From the Foreword by Oliver Sacks
With its gripping firsthand stories of patients and their ailments, Beyond Pain opens the door to our understanding of the mysteries of pain.
Beyond Pain delves into the condition of chronic pain to help us better understand its complexities, showing pain to be both a sensory experience and an interaction between mind and body. Based on author Angela Mailis-Gagnon's extensive research and daily practice at a major urban hospital pain clinic, Beyond Pain uses case studies drawn from both her own practice and her personal experience.
Mailis-Gagnon describes the latest treatments and options for sufferers of chronic pain; techniques used to block pain; the effects of chronic pain; and cultural, gender, and genetic differences in the perception of pain. She shares her cutting-edge findings and observations, describes current treatments and options for sufferers of chronic pain, and examines the effects of chronic pain on the individuals who live with it.
Accessibly and engagingly written, the book will appeal to chronic pain sufferers and their families, as well as to health care practitioners who work with patients' pain.
-From the Foreword by Oliver Sacks
With its gripping firsthand stories of patients and their ailments, Beyond Pain opens the door to our understanding of the mysteries of pain.
Beyond Pain delves into the condition of chronic pain to help us better understand its complexities, showing pain to be both a sensory experience and an interaction between mind and body. Based on author Angela Mailis-Gagnon's extensive research and daily practice at a major urban hospital pain clinic, Beyond Pain uses case studies drawn from both her own practice and her personal experience.
Mailis-Gagnon describes the latest treatments and options for sufferers of chronic pain; techniques used to block pain; the effects of chronic pain; and cultural, gender, and genetic differences in the perception of pain. She shares her cutting-edge findings and observations, describes current treatments and options for sufferers of chronic pain, and examines the effects of chronic pain on the individuals who live with it.
Accessibly and engagingly written, the book will appeal to chronic pain sufferers and their families, as well as to health care practitioners who work with patients' pain.
- GenresPsychology
288 pages, Paperback
First published June 29, 2005
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June 1, 2018
As a social worker who both treats and experiences chronic pain, I found Mailis-Gagnon's writing easy to relate to and also insightful. I learned things in this book that I've never heard discussed elsewhere. Furthermore, I found it easy to read.
December 31, 2013
(2003 edition- not as pictured above)
Overall a fun read. I ordered it because it was referenced in one of Oliver Sack's books and I wanted to learn more about chronic pain that my sister suffers from.
There is a wide range of topics, from use of opiods and medical marijuana to rituals that should cause pain to their participants and theories on why it does not. Most chapters start with a case study to introduce a topic.
The book is provided in layman terms and some definitions are given more than once if presented in a different chapter. There is not a lot detail/scientific explanation as to why certain treatments work or why/how pain is occurring.
The author's overarching theme is that effective pain management requires a holistic approach addressing the psychological and physical aspects of a person.
The book was definitely interesting, but did not answer some of the detailed questions I was in search of.
Overall a fun read. I ordered it because it was referenced in one of Oliver Sack's books and I wanted to learn more about chronic pain that my sister suffers from.
There is a wide range of topics, from use of opiods and medical marijuana to rituals that should cause pain to their participants and theories on why it does not. Most chapters start with a case study to introduce a topic.
The book is provided in layman terms and some definitions are given more than once if presented in a different chapter. There is not a lot detail/scientific explanation as to why certain treatments work or why/how pain is occurring.
The author's overarching theme is that effective pain management requires a holistic approach addressing the psychological and physical aspects of a person.
The book was definitely interesting, but did not answer some of the detailed questions I was in search of.
August 1, 2014
Friends of mine have one of those "bathroom" books. After a promising introduction, this provides all the depth of analysis of a bathrroom book of pain anecdotes. I suppose bathroom books sold pretty well in 2003, didn't they?
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