Pain: What It Is, Why It Happens and How to Cope

by Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen

309 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

Reviews

[Sophie Adele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend for anyone studying or working in healthcare

[Adam Galimi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book - I liked how it reinforced the modern understanding of pain and its context within society, the individual and also dived into the history of pain and how it has come to be what it is understood as today. I didn’t like the continuous history - I feel a chapter and a bit would have been more suited and it got a bit monotonous at times but I still enjoyed learning about the concepts !!

[Pearl Johns · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the most part I thought this book was good and accessible. However, the author's views on disability and how people are able to "choose" to live with disability or not really didn't sit right with me. It came across as blaming people for their illness, especially in terms of the content about drug use and self-medication.

[Stef Stefanova · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent and really important read

[Eva Silva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend for anyone treating pain or experiencing pain