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Development of Pain Control
Milton J. Lewis
in Medicine and Care of the Dying: A Modern History
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195175486
- eISBN:
- 9780199999903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195175486.003.0006
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine Research
This chapter discusses pain control. The phenomenon of pain is found at the juncture of human biology and culture, and the prevailing theory—the gate control theory—of how pain operates allows for a ... More
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