Principles and practice of managing pain

Parsons, Gareth.

Principles and practice of managing pain a guide for nurses and allied health professionals / [electronic resource] : Gareth Parsons and Wayne Preece. - Berkshire, England : McGraw-Hill : Open University Press, 2010. - xvi, 198 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is pain? -- 2. Dilemmas in pain management -- 3. Communicating the experience of pain -- 4. Pain assessment -- 5. The pharmacology of pain control -- 6. Delivering pain management -- 7. Acute pain management : planning for pain -- 8. Chronic pain management -- 9. Pain management in palliative care / by Maria Parry,.


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2011.
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Pain--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pain medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.


Electronic books.

RB127 / .P37 2010eb