Life in pain : affective economy and the demand for pain relief

Life in pain : affective economy and the demand for pain relief / John L. Fitzgerald.

This book explores pain in a number of ways. At the heart of the book is an extension of Melzack's neuromatrix theory of pain into the social, cultural, and economic fields. Specific assemblages involving varied institutions, flows of capital, encounters, and social and economic structures prov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fitzgerald, John L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, ©2020.
Subjects:
Pain.
Pain > Treatment.
Pain medicine.
Pain
Pain medicine
Pain > Treatment
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: The extended pain neuromatrix
  • Chapter 3: Oxycodone epidemic
  • Chapter 4: Global cannabis markets
  • Chapter 5: Over-the-counter (OTC) consumers over a barrel
  • Chapter 6: Affective economy
  • Chapter 7: Reconceptualising the demand for pain relief
  • Chapter 8: Regulating pain, regulating drug markets and harm reduction
  • Chapter 9: Conclusion.

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