| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index. |
| Summary |
"Chronic pain is a medical mystery, debilitating to patients and a source of frustration for practitioners. It often eludes both cause and cure and serves as a reminder of how much further we have to go in unlocking the secrets of the body. A new field of pain medicine has evolved from this landscape, one that intersects with dozens of disciplines and subspecialties ranging from psychology and physiology to anesthesia and chiropractic medicine. Over the past three decades, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners have struggled to define this complex and often contentious field as they work to establish standards while navigating some of the most challenging philosophical issues of Western science. In The Politics of Pain Medicine: A Rhetorical-Ontological Inquiry, S. Scott Graham offers a rich and detailed exploration of the medical rhetoric surrounding pain medicine. Graham chronicles the work of interdisciplinary pain management specialists to found a new science of pain and a new approach to pain medicine grounded in a more comprehensive biospychosocial model. His insightful analysis demonstrates how these materials ultimately shape the healthcare community's understanding of what pain medicine is, how the medicine should be practiced and regulated, and how practitioner-patient relationships are best managed. It is a fascinating, novel examination of one of the most vexing issues in contemporary medicine."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
An ontological history of pain -- Praxiography of representation -- Ontological calibration and functional stases in the MPG -- Neuroimaging detours -- Rarefactive and constitutive calibration -- Networks of calibration -- Conclusion: finding the groove. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Midwest Pain Group.
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Midwest Pain Group. |
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Pain medicine.
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Pain medicine. |
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Pain -- Treatment.
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Pain -- Treatment. |
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Pain -- Treatment -- Psychological aspects.
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Psychological aspects. |
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Psychophysiology.
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Psychophysiology. |
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Medicine, Psychosomatic.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. |
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Diseases. |
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine. |
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Medicine, Psychosomatic. |
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Graham, S. Scott. Politics of pain medicine. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015 9780226264059 (DLC) 2015001522 (OCoLC)900565277 |
| ISBN |
9780226264196 (electronic book) |
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022626419X (electronic book) |
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9780226264059 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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022626405X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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