Cancer Pain Management

A Comprehensive Approach

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2001
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262877-0 (ISBN)

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Taking a practical approach, this book includes most non-drug methods of pain control, covering alternatives to oral and parenteral analgesics for patients with difficult cancer pain. It provides a collection of chapters by international experts, bringing together differents aspects of pain management.

Cancer related pain can be successfully managed in the majority of patients by the use of medication. Some patients, however, have pain that does not respond to opioids, and require more specialised pain management techniques. Examples of such treatments are nerve blocks, radiotherapy, acupuncture and physiotherapy. This is the first book to provide detailed information on these and other methods of pain management.
The Editors are experienced clinicians who have brought together an international, multi-professional team of pain specialists, palliative medicine practitioners and oncologists to provide a practical, comprehensive guide to the overall management of cancer pain. By effectively covering many different aspects of care, this book will appeal to all health care professionals involved with the frontline of cancer related pain.

1. Philosophy of management of cancer pain ; 2. Ethical issues in managing cancer pain ; 3. Psychological support for patients and their families ; 4. Spiritual help for patients and carers ; 5. Nursing issues in the management of cancer pain ; 6. Physiotherapy in the management of cancer pain ; 7. Non-pharmacological methods for the treatment of pain in children ; 8. Nerve blocks - simple injections, epidurals, spinal and more complex blocks ; 9. Complex interventional therapies for intractable cancer pain ; 10. Percutaneous cordotomy ; 11. Neurosurgical management of pain ; 12. General surgical procedures in pain management ; 13. Acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) ; 14. Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of cancer-induced pain ; 15. The role of radiotherapy in the management of cancer pain ; 16. The role of chemotherapy and hormonal manipulation in cancer pain management ; 17. Homeopathic medicine

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.1.2001
Zusatzinfo	numerous black and white photographs and 25 line figures
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	173 x 247 mm
Gewicht	655 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie
ISBN-10	0-19-262877-1 / 0192628771
ISBN-13	978-0-19-262877-0 / 9780192628770
Zustand	Neuware