| Being in Pain Contributor(s): Olivier, Abraham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820487953 ISBN-13: 9780820487953 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism - Psychology - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Physical Information: 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What does it mean to be in pain? How should we deal with pain? The major trend today is an attempt to offer a physiological explanation and treatment of pain. This book raises the question as to how we can understand and treat pain on a physiological basis without underrating or denying its psychological dimensions. As an answer to this question, the author proposes a non-reductive physiological definition and subsequently treatment of pain that account equally for physical and psychological factors. Drawing on a wide array of sources, the author defines pain as a mode of bodily perception and then explores the therapeutic consequences of this definition. The primary focus is philosophical, but it is an accessibly written academic book, of relevance to a wide readership. |