PAIN SCIENCE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES

Catalog description

Explores the multidimensional nature of pain, the biopsychosocial model as related to pain/ability/disability, assessment and measurement of pain, management of pain, clinical pain conditions, sociocultural influences on pain perception, concepts and tools to mitigate the psychological contribution to pain and disability, and the role and responsibility of the health care provider in mitigating pain without causing additional harm.