Avicenna's concept of pain

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tashani, Osama A ^a,b,c   Johnson, Mark I ^a,b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds Pallium Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Avicenna; Concept of pain; Galen; History of pain medicine; Ibn Sina; McGill pain questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876298041     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v5i0.5253     Document Type: Article

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