Managaing chronic pain in an age of addiction / Akhtar Purvez, MD ; foreword by John Rowlingson, MD.
| Author/creator | Purvez, Akhtar |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] |
| Description | xiv, 199 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Medications that heal, and kill -- The opioid epidemic that is killing us -- On addiction management -- A mystery and a prize -- Complex nature of chronic pain -- Culture of pain -- The stigma of pain -- Chronic pain and depression -- Obesity and chronic pain -- Finding the right specialist -- Searching for the cause of pain -- Fibromyalgia gets real -- Other pain syndromes -- Getting moving : exercise and physical therapy -- Interventional pain management -- Alternative management options -- Marijuana : the mystery drug -- Pain in the court room -- Co-existing with pain -- Toward a painless future. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018012053 2018012528 |
| ISBN | 9781538109236 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |