Clinical Management of the Elderly Patient in Pain Contributor(s): McCleane, Gary (Editor), Smith, Howard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0789026201 ISBN-13: 9780789026200 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2006 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Diseases - Medical | Geriatrics |
Dewey: 616.047 |
LCCN: 2005023077 |
Series: Haworth Series in Clinical Pain and Symptom Palliation |
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.08" W x 8.4" (1.08 lbs) 326 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Up-to-date information on pain management--including options to consider when conventional treatment is ineffective Providing effective treatment for pain-especially to elderly clients-can be a vexing problem for even the most knowledgeable clinician. In Clinical Management of the Elderly Patient in Pain, some of the world's leading authorities describe the unique difficulties that arise when trying to provide pain relief to elderly patients. They examine conventional treatment with opioid and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs along with a broad range of alternatives to consider when frontline drugs fail. Non-drug options for pain relief from the fields of physical medicine and psychology are also explored. Essential topics addressed in Clinical Management of the Elderly Patient in Pain include:
Clinical Management of the Elderly Patient in Pain is designed as a point of interface between the specialist pain practitioner and the clinician faced with all the problems of satisfactorily managing pain in elderly patients. It presents commonsense, practical, patient-oriented options that make it a useful resource for busy clinicians. |