Pain and Disability : Clinical, Behavioral, and Public Policy Perspectives.

Pain--it is the most common complaint presented to physicians. Yet pain is subjective--it cannot be measured directly and is difficult to validate. Evaluating claims based on pain poses major problems for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and other disability insurers. This volume covers the...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: National Academies Press 1987.
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Summary:Pain--it is the most common complaint presented to physicians. Yet pain is subjective--it cannot be measured directly and is difficult to validate. Evaluating claims based on pain poses major problems for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and other disability insurers. This volume covers the epidemiology and physiology of pain; psychosocial contributions to pain and illness behavior; promising ways of assessing and measuring chronic pain and dysfunction; clinical aspects of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation; and how the SSA's benefit structure and administrative procedures may affect pain complaints.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1280221496
9781280221491
9780309074582
0309074584
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0309037379
9786610221493
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0309542677
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9780585149103
Language:English.