Confronting Chronic Pain: A Pain Doctor's Guide to Relief

Confronting Chronic Pain is a Johns Hopkins Press health book co-authored by a pain medicine specialist and a writer. The book offers a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing chronic pain, exploring its science, various conditions causing it, and treatment options. It covers pharmacological approaches like pain medications and non-pharmacological methods such as mind-body therapies, complementary and alternative medicine, and spiritual practices. The authors emphasize the importance of a collaborative dialogue between patients and physicians for effective treatment and highlight the need for improved healthcare system support for chronic pain patients. Finally, the book looks toward future advancements in pain management research. You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms: https://linktr.ee/book_shelter Get the Book now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Confronting-Chronic-Pain-Doctors-Hopkins/dp/1421412527?&linkCode=ll1&tag=cvthunderx-20&linkId=43ead0d4ede61bfa01032579cbbf72b2&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Produced by: https://www.podcaistudio.com/