Chronic Pain: A Health Policy Perspective

Discussing all aspects of chronic pain management, this is the second volume of the new book series on health care and disease management, published with the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada.
The authors provide an introduction into history, pathophysiology, ethics and epidemiology of chronic pain before covering the different aspects of treating chronic pain in more detail. Different ways for improving pain management as well as policy implications are highlighted.
The title is targeted towards clinicians and professionals in the health care industry dealing with chronic pain.

Avainsanat: chronic pain; epidemiology; peoples; experience; lived; evidence; descriptive; definition; history; series; health; institute; economics ihe; title; chronic; experts; aspects; implications; book; ihe; clinicians; care professionals, Anesthesia & Pain Management, General & Introductory Medical Science, Anesthesia & Pain Management, General & Introductory Medical Science