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A nation in pain : healing our biggest health problem / Judy Foreman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Foreman, Judy, author.
Contributor:
ebrary, Inc.
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chronic pain--United States.
Chronic pain.
Chronic pain--Treatment--United States.
Opioid abuse--United States--History.
Opioid abuse.
Pain--Alternative treatment.
Pain.
Pain Management.
Chronic Disease--therapy.
History.
Chronic pain--Treatment.
United States.
Medical Subjects:
Pain Management.
Chronic Disease--therapy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 446 pages)
polychrome
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
The enormity of the problem
What is pain, anyway?
The genetics of pain
Gender and pain
Children in pain
The mind-body in pain
Opioid wars : part I
Opioid wars : part II
How the immune system cranks up pain
Marijuana : the weed america loves to hate
Beyond opioids : western medicine
Beyond opioids : complementary and alternative medicine
Exercise : the real magic bullet
The way forward.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 16, 2015).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Foreman, Judy. Nation in pain
ISBN:
9780199837212
019983721X
Publisher Number:
99963650445
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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