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The Body, 2020
Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture ...
Elaine Scarry
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Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture ...
Elaine Scarry
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Prevalence of chronic pain among adults in the United States.
Pain, 2021Chronic pain is associated with reduced quality of life, increased medical expenditures, and significant economic costs. Chronic pain is among the most common chronic conditions in the United States, although estimates vary widely regarding its precise ...
R. J. Yong, P. Mullins, N. Bhattacharyya
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2022
AbstractThis chapter examines how the artists Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus, Eugène Ionesco, Pablo Picasso, and Marguerite Duras all turned to writing for the theatre stage during and following the Second World War, as a means of negotiating the protracted exposure to mass suffering that each witnessed as non-native, non-combatant residents in ...
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AbstractThis chapter examines how the artists Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus, Eugène Ionesco, Pablo Picasso, and Marguerite Duras all turned to writing for the theatre stage during and following the Second World War, as a means of negotiating the protracted exposure to mass suffering that each witnessed as non-native, non-combatant residents in ...
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2004
Reports on the prevalence of pain in our society are staggering. This is particularly true for seniors [1]. Data indicate that half of the people over the age of 65 are not functioning at their optimal level because of interference from pain [2–4]. In 1997, a telephone survey was reported as indicating that >50% of older adults had taken prescriptions ...
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Reports on the prevalence of pain in our society are staggering. This is particularly true for seniors [1]. Data indicate that half of the people over the age of 65 are not functioning at their optimal level because of interference from pain [2–4]. In 1997, a telephone survey was reported as indicating that >50% of older adults had taken prescriptions ...
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Evidence Based Nursing, 2018
EBN Perspectives brings together key issues from the commentaries in one of our nursing topic themes.
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EBN Perspectives brings together key issues from the commentaries in one of our nursing topic themes.
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British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018
The two main categories of pain, nociceptive and neuropathic, are caused by tissue damage and nerve damage respectively. Psychogenic pain is also described in the literature but it is becoming a pejorative term as the concept of central control of pain is now gaining momentum.
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The two main categories of pain, nociceptive and neuropathic, are caused by tissue damage and nerve damage respectively. Psychogenic pain is also described in the literature but it is becoming a pejorative term as the concept of central control of pain is now gaining momentum.
Francis J, Dunne +3 more
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Science, 1997
Being able to feel pain can help avoid dangerous situations and accelerate the healing process. But sometimes prolonged pain can turn into a chronic and debilitating disease. Two reports on pages [275][1] and [279][2] of this issue suggest approaches for counteracting this "bad" pain. In their Perspective, Iadarola and Caudle discuss the work of Mantyh
J M, Iadarola, R M, Caudle
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Being able to feel pain can help avoid dangerous situations and accelerate the healing process. But sometimes prolonged pain can turn into a chronic and debilitating disease. Two reports on pages [275][1] and [279][2] of this issue suggest approaches for counteracting this "bad" pain. In their Perspective, Iadarola and Caudle discuss the work of Mantyh
J M, Iadarola, R M, Caudle
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2013
Invasive stimulation of the motor (precentral) cortex using surgically implanted epidural electrodes is indicated for the treatment of neuropathic pain that is refractory to medical treatment. Controlled trials have demonstrated the efficacy of epidural motor cortex stimulation (MCS), but MCS outcome remains variable and validated criteria for ...
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Invasive stimulation of the motor (precentral) cortex using surgically implanted epidural electrodes is indicated for the treatment of neuropathic pain that is refractory to medical treatment. Controlled trials have demonstrated the efficacy of epidural motor cortex stimulation (MCS), but MCS outcome remains variable and validated criteria for ...
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Neuropathic pain: From mechanisms to treatment.
Physiological Reviews, 2020Neuropathic pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system is a common chronic pain condition with major impact on quality of life.
N. Finnerup, R. Kuner, T. Jensen
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