Pain: a kaleidoscope of ideas, concepts and approaches.
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.
Zimmermann
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Alten
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Field
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Vrancken
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Kallinke
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Seemann
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Lafaille
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Müller-Busch
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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