The pain chronicles : cures, myths, mysteries, prayers, diaries, brain scan, healing, and the science of suffering

By - Thernstrom, Melanie,

Floor - Floor 2

Published - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2010

ISBN 10 - 0865476810

ISBN 13 - 9780865476813

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Chronic diseases , Pain

Shelf No - 8

Call Number - 616.04 THE

Physical Description - xiv, 418 pages ; 22 cm

Notes - Includes index

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Arguing that the American medical industry adheres to outdated pain-management practices that fail to bring effective relief to millions of patients, a history of pain management describes some of the colorful approaches of past cultures while offering reassuring profiles of available treatments.

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