Cancer Pain Management
A Comprehensive Approach
Published on 25. January 2001
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-19-262877-0 (ISBN)
Description
Cancer related pain can be successfully managed in the majority of patients by the use of medication. Some patients, however, have pain that does not respond to opioids, and require more specialised pain management techniques. Examples of such treatments are nerve blocks, radiotherapy, acupuncture and physiotherapy. This is the first book to provide detailed information on these and other methods of pain management.
The Editors are experienced clinicians who have brought together an international, multi-professional team of pain specialists, palliative medicine practitioners and oncologists to provide a practical, comprehensive guide to the overall management of cancer pain. By effectively covering many different aspects of care, this book will appeal to all health care professionals involved with the frontline of cancer related pain.
The Editors are experienced clinicians who have brought together an international, multi-professional team of pain specialists, palliative medicine practitioners and oncologists to provide a practical, comprehensive guide to the overall management of cancer pain. By effectively covering many different aspects of care, this book will appeal to all health care professionals involved with the frontline of cancer related pain.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous black and white photographs and 25 line figures
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
655 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-262877-0 (9780192628770)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
1. Philosophy of management of cancer pain ; 2. Ethical issues in managing cancer pain ; 3. Psychological support for patients and their families ; 4. Spiritual help for patients and carers ; 5. Nursing issues in the management of cancer pain ; 6. Physiotherapy in the management of cancer pain ; 7. Non-pharmacological methods for the treatment of pain in children ; 8. Nerve blocks - simple injections, epidurals, spinal and more complex blocks ; 9. Complex interventional therapies for intractable cancer pain ; 10. Percutaneous cordotomy ; 11. Neurosurgical management of pain ; 12. General surgical procedures in pain management ; 13. Acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) ; 14. Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of cancer-induced pain ; 15. The role of radiotherapy in the management of cancer pain ; 16. The role of chemotherapy and hormonal manipulation in cancer pain management ; 17. Homeopathic medicine