Type of operation Incidence of chronic post-surgical pain Number of operations performed in USA in 2006 (DeFrances et al. 2008) Coronary artery bypass graft 28% (Meyerson et al. 2001) to…
(1) Buehler Center on Aging, Health and Society, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA (2) Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School…
and Hsien Seow2 (1) Johns Hopkins University, Rm 609, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, Norway (2) Juravinski Cancer Center, McMaster University, 699 Concession Street 4th Floor, Room 4-229, Hamilton, Ontario,…
Fig. 31.1 Anatomic location of cordotomy and other destructive spinal cord lesions for the treatment of chronic pain. Figure by Daniel Kramer, University of Pennsylvania Myelotomy Commissural myelotomy is an…
Fig. 27.1 Effects of pain and concurrent cognitive demand on SI activity. (a) Event-related average for primary somatosensory/motor cortex. Shaded gray area shows the duration of the condition. The SI/MI…
(1) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA Abstract Doctors and health-care professionals have recently developed a vigorous new interest in narrative. The new medical interest (obvious in the titles and…
Fig. 11.1 A hypothesized multidimensional biobehavioral model of pediatric pain developed to account for the complex and individual pediatric chronic pain experience. Adapted from Varni et al. (1996b), p. 180….
and Diane E. Meier2, 3 (1) Palliative and Hospice Care Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care, New York, NY, USA (2) Center to Advance Palliative Care, Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, New York,…
Concept Definition Relationship to voluntariness Safeguard Responsible part for safeguard Vulnerability Increased potential that one’s interests cannot be protected Not necessarily related to voluntariness; potentially related to issues of informed…
Rhonda J. Moore (ed.)Handbook of Pain and Palliative CareBiobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course10.1007/978-1-4419-1651-8_42 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013 42. The Delineation and Explication of Palliative Options of Last Resort Ben A. Rich1 (1) Davis Medical…
