The story of pain
Subtitle: from prayer to painkillers
By: Joanna Bourke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780199689439
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: History; Pain; Treatment; Pain perception; Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Estrangement; title: Metaphor; title: Religion; title: Diagnosis; title: Gesture; title: Sentience; title: Sympathy; title: Pain relief.