Handbook of Pain Assessment, Second Edition
Contributors: Dennis C. Turk (Editor); Ronald Melzack (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: July 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 798
ISBN-13: 9781572304888
Subjects: Anaesthetics; Physiological & neuro-psychology; Physiological Psychology; Pain; Measurement; Medical / Nursing; diagnosis; Mental Health; Psychology; Pain Medicine; Anesthesiology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Physiological Psychology; Handbooks, manuals, etc
First sentence: Pain is the primary symptom that motivates people to seek medical treatment, accounting for over 35 million new office visits to physicians (Knapp &amp; Koch, 1984) and over 70 million (80%) of all office visits to physicians each year in the United States (Koch, 1986).