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Pain control support for people with cancer / National Cancer Institute.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Health psychology research focus series.
- Health psychology research focus series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cancer pain--Treatment.
- Cancer pain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (85 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. Jan. 2008.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Biomedical, c2009.
- [Rockville, MD?] : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: Internet from the NIH web site. Address as of 5/29/09: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/paincontrol.pdf; current access is available via PURL.
- Summary:
- Having cancer doesn't mean that you'll have pain. But if you do, you can manage most of your pain with medicine and other treatments. This book will show you how to work with your doctors, nurses, and others to find the best way to control your pain. It will discuss causes of pain, medicines, how to talk to your doctor, and other topics that may help you. In this book, your "health care team" can mean any of the professionals you see as part of your medical care. These may include your oncologist, your family doctor, nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists, oncology social workers, clergy members, and others. You may read it from front to back. Or you may want to read different parts as you need them. There is a list of resources toward the end of the book. There is also a page where you can write down notes and keep track of the medicines you're taking. This section also includes a sample pain control record.
- Contents:
- What you should know about treating cancer pain
- Types and causes of cancer pain
- Talking about your pain
- Your pain control plan
- Medicines to treat cancer pain
- Questions to ask your health care team about your pain medicine
- Medicine tolerance and addiction
- Other ways to control pain
- Your feelings and pain
- Financial issues.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61728-557-9
- OCLC:
- 923664194
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