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Pain in Older Persons
As the world's population grows steadily older, medical practitioners, scientists,and educators are beginning to turn more attention to the problem of pain and its undertreatment in older adults. In the nine years since IASP published Pain in the Elderly (B.R. Ferrell and B.A. Ferrell, editors), the field has flourished, learning more about the neurobiology of pain in older adults, discovering new ways to treat pain, and identifying areas whose further development will substantively improve the care of older adult pain patients. This volume highlights major new accomplishments in such areas as the neurobiology of pain, age-related psychological and cognitive differences in pain perception, and the assessment of pain in cognitively intact and cognitively impaired older persons. Treatments such as oral analgesics, physical therapy techniques, cognitive-behavioral therapy, complementary and alternative medicine applications, and multidisciplinary pain management clinics are discussed, as are low back pain, neuropathic pain, postoperative pain, and end-of-life issues. This volume not only will help to update the field as a whole, but will also stimulate new thinking and development in this critical area. Table of ContentsPart I Overview Part II Age
Differences in Pain Part III Pain
Assessment in the Older Adult Part IV Pain
Treatment Modalities Part V Common
Painful Disorders in Older Adults: Disorder-Specific Approaches to
Evaluation and Treatment Reviews"Pain in Older Persons is one-stop shopping for researchers
and clinicians who want a single up-to-date source of information on a
wide variety of topics related to pain in older adults. I
recommend it for the library (and active use) of all pain researchers
and clinicians." This comprehensive book, Pain in Older Persons, from IASP sets out to
address all the issues associated with pain in older persons, and has
sections on age differences in pain (differences in neurobiology,
perception, and in the functional and psychological effects of pain),
pain assessment that is appropriate for older persons, the range of
modalities available for treatment (including multidisciplinary pain
clinics), and the management of common painful disorders in older
persons. This book will be a valuable resource for both those who
care for the elderly (for whom it will provide a better understanding of
pain and its management), and for those involved in pain management who
will gain better insight into the biopsychosocial implications of being
an older person." "Overall, this is a well organized, well written, and comprehensive
book that meets the stated goals of the authors. It will be useful
to all healthcare providers involved in caring for older adults and
would also make a welcome addition to any academic library.
Additionally, it would be a good reference for academicians who teach
advanced courses in pain management and/or geriatric
pharmacotherapy." "The recurrent message of the book is that aging and pain are not
synonymous, although attitudes of patient, carers and, alas, clinicians
may incline this way, so that some patients who could be helped by
better management may suffer unnecessarily. [...]There are few books,
[sic] which focus on the management of pain in older persons.
Despite my initial reservations regarding the repetitive features of the
opening chapters, taken as a whole, I would recommend the book as a
reference volume on this subject. It is up to date with references
as recent as 2005 and gives pointers towards the modernization of
services for the care of pain in the elderly community." "Good relief of pain translates into such great improvement in
quality of life that a fundamental understand of pain in the elderly
should be in the repertoire of every good geriatrician. Thus this
book will enjoy the wide readership it deserves." |
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