Meanings of Pain

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: van Rysewyk, Simon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Phenomenology.; Pain medicine.; Clinical psychology.; Biomedicine.; Pain Medicine.; Clinical Psychology.

Although pain is widely recognized by clinicians and researchers as an experience, pain is always felt in a patient-specific way rather than experienced for what it objectively is, making perceived meaning important in the study of pain. The book contributors explain why meaning is important in the...