Pain Management

ebook ∣ Learning to live with pain

By Renee Goossens

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Format

ebook

ISBN

9781921295096

Author

Renee Goossens

Publisher

Rockpool Publishing

Release

01 July 2008

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Health & Fitness Nonfiction

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May 2009 - Pain Management took 3rd Place at the International book awards "Living Now Book Awards" in America within the "Books for Better Living" category. Pain Management is a unique book written by a patient — herself a chronic pain sufferer for over four decades — for patients. Renee Goossens recounts her battles with pain and her inspirational success in surviving pain. This unique book aims to teach patients

  • how to communicate with doctors simply,
  • how to be assertive yet polite,
  • how to seek a second opinion without damaging relationships with other treating practitioners,
  • how to assess complementary therapies. Written in plain language, Pain Management explains the effect of pain on the human nervous system. It provides medical and psychological strategies to enable patients to help themselves. For those living with constant pain, the book acknowledges and clearly demonstrates how to cope with:
  • Emotional pain
  • Depression
  • Grief and Loss
  • Maximise the quality of life Pain Management provides up to date information, reference material and case histories on sensitive issues of Dementia Care, Neurological Diseases, the work of Carers, Respite Care, Children's Hospices, Caring for those with Life Limiting Illnesses, Death and Dying and Grief Counselling. Pain Management will change how you understand and cope with Pain.

    • Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9781921295096

    Author

    Renee Goossens

    Publisher

    Rockpool Publishing

    Release

    01 July 2008

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    Subjects

    Health & Fitness Nonfiction
    Pain Management