Social relations and chronic pain / Ranjan Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roy, R. (Ranjan)

Series:

Plenum series in rehabilitation and health.

Plenum series in rehabilitation and health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic pain--Social aspects.

Chronic pain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages)

Edition:

First edition 2002.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While there is widespread recognition among experts that biological, psychological, and social factors influence the experience of pain, for reasons unclear the social component has failed to attract much attention. Recognizing the larger social reality in the background of each patient, this book fills a major gap in the literature by incorporating the social dimension -- most significantly, the family -- in the overall assessment and treatment of pain.

Contents:

Nature of Social Dislocation for Chronic Pain Sufferers

Cost of Chronic Pain

Myth and Reality of Family Function

Impact of Parental Illness and Pain on Children

What Happens to Spouses?

Family Intervention

The Nature of Social Support

Chronic Pain Patient and the Occupational Role

Dilemma of in Jured Patients: What Entitles them to Compensation?

The Patient and the Medical World: Mrs. Kramer’s Journey Through the Medical System.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-155) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-20748-5

9786610207480

0-306-47197-3

OCLC:

49852517