Meanings of Pain
Although pain is widely recognized by clinicians and researchers as an experience, pain is always felt in a patient-specific way rather than experienced for what it objectively is, making perceived meaning important in the study of pain. The book contributors explain why meaning is important in the...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49022-9 |
Table of Contents:
- A call for study on the meanings of pain
- Pain and the dangers of objectivity
- Neural plasticity and the malleability of pain
- The emotional perception of phantom limb pain
- Is pain unreal
- The contribution of new technological breakthroughs to the neuroscientific research of pain communication
- A scientific and philosophical analysis of meanings of pain in studies of pain and suffering
- An interpretative phenomenological analysis of non-malignant chronic low back pain
- Phenomenology of chronic pain: De-personalization and re-personalization.