The Politics of Pain Medicine : A Rhetorical-Ontological Inquiry / S. Scott Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, S. Scott, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midwest Pain Group.

Pain medicine.

Pain--Treatment.

Pain.

Pain--Treatment--Psychological aspects.

Psychophysiology.

Medicine, Psychosomatic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chronic pain is a medical mystery, debilitating to patients and a source of frustration for practitioners. It often eludes both cause and cure and serves as a reminder of how much further we have to go in unlocking the secrets of the body. A new field of pain medicine has evolved from this landscape, one that intersects with dozens of disciplines and subspecialties ranging from psychology and physiology to anesthesia and chiropractic medicine. Over the past three decades, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners have struggled to define this complex and often contentious field as they work to establish standards while navigating some of the most challenging philosophical issues of Western science. In The Politics of Pain Medicine: A Rhetorical-Ontological Inquiry, S. Scott Graham offers a rich and detailed exploration of the medical rhetoric surrounding pain medicine. Graham chronicles the work of interdisciplinary pain management specialists to found a new science of pain and a new approach to pain medicine grounded in a more comprehensive biospychosocial model. His insightful analysis demonstrates how these materials ultimately shape the healthcare community's understanding of what pain medicine is, how the medicine should be practiced and regulated, and how practitioner-patient relationships are best managed. It is a fascinating, novel examination of one of the most vexing issues in contemporary medicine.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. An Ontological History of Pain

Chapter 2. Praxiography of Representation

Chapter 3. Ontological Calibration and Functional Stases in the MPG

Chapter 4. Neuroimaging Detours

Chapter 5. Rarefactive and Constitutive Calibration

Chapter 6. Networks of Calibration

Conclusion: Finding the Groove

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226264196

022626419X

OCLC:

926048853