Spiritual Dimensions of Pain and Suffering
Fig. 36.1 Maslow’s heirarchy of needs Love and connection is the next motivator in Maslow’s model. While being loved interacts with the sense of safety, the act of loving, of…
Suffering, Hope, and Healing
Rhonda J. Moore (ed.)Handbook of Pain and Palliative CareBiobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course10.1007/978-1-4419-1651-8_37 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013 37. Suffering, Hope, and Healing Jack Coulehan1 (1) Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics,…
CAM in Chronic Pain and Palliative Care
and Marlaine C. Smith2 (1) Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA (2) Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University,…
Support Groups for Chronic Pain
(1) American Chronic Pain Association, Rocklin, CA, USA Abstract Support groups for people with pain are one area that few, if any, health care professionals think about when treating…
Pain, Depression, and Anxiety in Cancer
Carlson, L. E., Angen, M., Cullum, J., Goodey, E., Koopmans, J., Lamont, L., MacRae, J. H., Martin, M., Pelletier, G., Robinson, J., Simpson, J. S., Speca, M., Tillotson, L., &…
Rehabilitation Treatments for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Modality Effects Indications Contraindications Danger Ultrasound Thermal Muscle spasm Acute phase of injury Burns Increases local blood flow, and connective tissue extensibility Contusion Pregnancy Avoid use over open epiphysis, broken…
Chronic Pain and Opioids
Substance abuse: A maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by one (or more) of the following, occurring within a 12-month period *…
Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy of Chronic Pain
Fig. 28.1 Steps in urine drug testing in chronic pain Antidepressants Tricyclic Antidepressants Antidepressants are a heterogeneous group of drugs which have all demonstrated beneficial activity for patients with major…
Pharmacogenetics of Pain: The Future of Personalized Medicine
(1) Lifetree Clinical Research, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (2) American Academy of Pain Medicine, Glenview, IL, USA Abstract Physicians who treat chronic pain using opioids recognize that patients…
Phantom Limb Pain
Rhonda J. Moore (ed.)Handbook of Pain and Palliative CareBiobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course10.1007/978-1-4419-1651-8_25 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013 25. Phantom Limb Pain Jens Foell1 and Herta Flor1 (1) Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central…
