Alongside the Person in Pain: Holistic Care and Nursing Practice - Softcover

Approaches the subject of pain both factually and sensitively, and from a holistic standpoint. Equally relevant to community and hospital settings, the text covers such topics as people and pain, the nurse and the person in pain, the nature and meaning of pain, principles of effective pain management, pharmacological and non-pharmacological management, and role relationships in pain management. This unique and comprehensive book will be invaluable to all those who care for people in pain at all levels.

This book is aimed at nurses and health care professionals who care for people who will be, or are, in pain, especially staff nurses, diploma and degree students, and Macmillan nurses. This research-based nursing textbook approaches the subject of pain both factually and sensitively, and from a holistic perspective. It looks at the range of issues surrounding both the individual's experience of pain and the range of therapeutic techniques available to nurses in its management. These cover both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. Equally relevant in both community and acute settings, this comprehensive text seeks to provide the reader with the sound knowledge base and insight required in order to provide quality, individualized, flexible care.