Chronic Pain in Old Age : : An Integrated Biopsychosocial Perspective / / ed. by Ranjan Roy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Aung, Steven K. H.,; Bakal, Donald,; Cook, Andrew,; Crook, Joan M.,; Ferrell, Betit,; Harkins, S. W.,; Lagua, Belinda T.,; Meiring, Peter,; Melding, Pamela,; Price, D. D.,; Rivera, Lynne M.,; Ross, Margaret M.,; Roy, Ranjan,; Small, Ralph E.,; Sorkin, Bruce A.,; Stokes, Elaine,; Thomas, Michael,; Turk, Dennis C.,; Vandendries, Guy,
• HerausgeberIn: Roy, Ranjan,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

Chronic pain is a daily fact of life for many elderly people. The pain is often seen as a product of age, and is only too readily accepted as inevitable by patient and physician.This collection of original essays offers a comprehensive biopsychosocial approach to address the complex symptoms and treatment of chronic pain in the elderly. The nineteen contributors come from many disciplines, including psychology, medicine, social work, physical therapy, and nursing. Their primary objective is to improve the quality of pain management for seniors, but they also urge readers to examine their own attitudes and beliefs about elderly patients, to avoid the pitfalls of ageism and to refrain from using age to rationalize inaction.The volume is loosely divided into three overlapping sections. The first addresses social, psychological and epidemiological issues. The second section deals with family issues, including their role in pain management. The final section addresses psychological and medical interventions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Section 1. Social, Psychological, and Epidemiological Issues -- 1. Pain in Later Life: Present State of Knowledge -- 2. Attitudes, Beliefs, and Illness Behaviour -- 3. Pain among Healthy Elderly Individuals -- 4. Pain Management in the Elderly -- Section 2. Family Issues -- 5. Chronic Pain, the Elderly, and Family Therapy -- 6. Cancer Pain: Impact on Elderly Patients and Their Family Caregivers -- Section 3. Psychological and Medical Interventions -- 7. Geriatric Pain -- 8. The Combined Forces of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine to Treat Pain in the Elderly -- 9. A Comprehensive Approach to Pain Management in the Elderly: A Personal View -- 10. Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain in the Elderly -- 11. Somatic Awareness and Pain Management