{"product_id":"constructing-pain-hardback","title":"Constructing Pain - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryone experiences pain, whether it’s emotional or physical, chronic or acute. Pain is part of what it means to be human, and so an understanding of how we relate to it as individuals - as well as cultures and societies - is fundamental to who we are. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this important new book, the first in Routledge’s new \u003cem\u003eCritical Approaches to Health\u003c\/em\u003e series, Robert Kugelmann provides an accessible and insightful overview of how the concept of pain has been understood historically, psychologically, and anthropologically. Charting changes in how, after the development of modern painkillers, pain became a problem that could be solved, the book articulates how the possibilities for living with pain have changed over the last two hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncorporating research conducted by the author himself, the book provides both a holistic conception of pain and an understanding of what it means to people experiencing it today. Including critical reflections in each chapter, \u003cem\u003eConstructing Pain\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive and enlightening treatment of an important issue to us all and will be fascinating reading for students and researchers within health psychology, healthcare, and nursing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45565153902830,"sku":"9781138841208","price":244.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138841208.jpg?v=1720676000","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/constructing-pain-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}