Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain and Suffering

Name: Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain and Suffering
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ISBN: 9780195135022

ISBN-10: 0195135024

ISBN-13: 9780195135022

Edition: 2004

Authors: Richard B. Patt, Susan S. Lang

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Cancer pain experts assert that the careful application of contemporary techniques can bring relief to an astounding 90 to 99 percent of cancer patients, yet unnecessary, often agonizing pain continues to be under-treated. Here, Dr. Richard B. Patt and Susan Lang have collaborated to produce an essential handbook for patients, their caregivers, family and friends. Thoroughly revising their widely-praised 1994 book, You Don't Have to Suffer, the authors illuminate the reasons patients are so often under-medicated--including the need to tough it out, time-consuming paperwork for doctors who prescribe drugs, and exaggerated concerns about laws that fail to distinguish between the abuse of…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/30/0002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.10" tall
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


A note for chronic pain sufferers who don't have cancer



Cancer and its pain



How cancer pain undermines health and treatment



Understanding cancer and pain



Assessing pain and planning treatment strategies



On being an active health care consumer



The painkillers



Understanding medications used to treat mild pain



Understanding medications used to treat moderate pain



Understanding medications used to treat severe pain



Understanding how adjuvant drugs relieve pain and suffering



High-tech options



Other approaches and concerns



Dealing with constipation, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting



Dealing with other side effects and discomforts



Mind-body approaches to easing pain



Special cases : children, the elderly, and patients with special needs



Dealing with feelings



If death approaches



Where to find more information



Common drugs used for cancer pain and foreign names for the drugs



Detailed relaxation instructions



Planning for your mental and physical health care and treatment


Notes



Pain and cancer terms



Terms associated with end-of-life issues and care


Selected bibliography


Index