A nation in pain : healing our biggest health problem /
Foreman, Judy,author.
International Association for the Study of Pain.
"IASP."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-430) and index.
The enormity of the problem -- What is pain, anyway? -- The genetics of pain -- Gender and pain -- Children in pain -- The mind-body in pain -- Opioid wars, part I : the problem -- Opioid wars, part II : proposed solutions -- How the immune system cranks up pain -- Marijuana : the weed america loves to hate -- Beyond opioids, part I : western medicine -- Beyond opioids, part II : complementary and alternative medicine -- Exercise : the real magic bullet -- The way forward.
Chronic pain
Chronic pain
Opioid abuse
Pain