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The management of pain in older people : a workbook / Pat Schofield, Barry Aveyard, Catherine Black

Author
Schofield, Pat
Published
Keswick [England] : M & K Update, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 82 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Aveyard, Barry and Black, Catherine, RNT
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Contents
Prelims; Table of contents; About the authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Epidemiology of pain in the older adult; Chapter 2 Physiological and biochemical changes; Chapter 3 The importance of communication; Chapter 4 Assessment of pain; Chapter 5 The role of the multidisciplinary team; Chapter 6 Pharmacological management of pain; Chapter 7 Snoezelen or 'sensory environments; Chapter 8 Cancer pain management in the older person; Chapter 9 Non-pharmacological approaches to pain management in the older person; Appendix 1: Case studies; Appendix 2: Test your knowledge; Word search
Summary
A workbook designed to give you a basic introduction into the issues around pain in older people. It explores the size and nature of the problem along with practical assessment and management approaches and will help you to think about the issues in your own area of practice. it is not designed to make you an expert in pain management, but to increase your awareness of the complexity of the pain experience when working with older adults and to help you to understand the need for a creative and innovative approach to dealing with the person in your care who may be in pain.
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ISBN
9781907830228 (electronic bk.)
1907830227 (electronic bk.)
1905539223
9781905539222
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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