title: Pain: a kaleidoscope of ideas, concepts and approaches.
abstract: The following pages contain summaries and short statements on chronic pain providing further material for reflection and debate, namely: a) synopses of recent findings on: the physiology and biochemistry of pain; the contribution of psychoneuroimmunology; b) some views on a sociology of pain; c) analysis of various concepts and approaches which consider pain as: a symptom of disease a form of behaviour a psychosomatic reaction and a social learning process a communication phenomenon a symptom of disintegrated life a disruption in the integrity of the system a signal of broken unity a breach in the wholeness of the individual; d) a holistic approach in pain therapy; e) some unanswered questions.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alten
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vrancken
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kallinke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seemann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lafaille
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Müller-Busch
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003142:Communication; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D011598:Psychoneuroimmunology; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods; D012962:Sociology, Medical