Chronic Pain and the Family A New Guide |
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| Author:
| Silver, Julie K. |
| Series title: | The Harvard University Press Family Health Guides Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01505-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $43.50 |
Book Description:
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Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting as many as 48 million people in this country alone. Silver reviews the causes and characteristics of chronic pain and explores its impact on individual family relationships and on the extended family, covering such issues as employment, parenting, childbearing and inheritance, and emotional health.
Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting as many as 48 million people in this country alone. Silver reviews the causes and characteristics of chronic pain and explores its impact on individual family relationships and on the extended family, covering such issues as employment, parenting, childbearing and inheritance, and emotional health.