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Pain: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Boddice, Rob is a health book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Pain: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) about?

What is pain? Has the experience of pain always been the same? How is pain related to the emotions, to culture, and to pleasure? What happens to us when we feel pain? How does pain work in the body and in the brain? In this Very Short Introduction, Rob Boddice explores the history, culture, and medical science of pain. Charting the shifting meanings of pain across time and place, he focusses on how the experience and treatment of pain have changed. He describes historical hierarchies of pain experience that related pain to social class and race, and the privileging of human states of pain over that of other animals. From the pain concepts of classical antiquity to expressions of pain in contemporary art, and modern medical approaches to the understanding, treatment, and management of pain, Boddice weaves a multifaceted account of this central human experience. Ranging from neuroscientific innovations in experimental medicine to the constructionist arguments of social...ISBN : 9780198738565

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It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.

Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.

Author
Boddice, Rob
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9780198738565
Category
health
Subjects
Medical, Science, Medicine
Rating
4.4 / 5 (23 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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