Maldynia: Chronic pain as illness, and the need for complementarity in pain care

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 277-281

  Giordano, James ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Neurotechnology Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Complexity theory; Ethics of care; Mind body medicine; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; MALDYNIA; NEUROSCIENCE; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 56049127362     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000158572     Document Type: Review

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