Pain. Creative Approaches to Effective Management
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Author(s): E. Mann and E. Carr
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780230208995
Format: softback
229pp
Price: £23.99
Review Date: 12 March 2009
Review: Approximately one in seven people in the UK lives with chronic pain. Inadequate knowledge is recognised as the most frequent reason for poor pain management, and education is an important tool in remedying this. This textbook begins by giving a background of the nature and assessment of pain. It goes on with chapters on: Recognising the barriers to effective pain relief; Managing acute pain; Managing chronic pain; Managing pain in vulnerable patients; and Nursing patients with a challenging pain. This new edition aims to challenge the reader to take the knowledge provided and reflect on their own practice to improve pain assessment and management.