The Impact of cerebral palsy to the family / Jeanne Caramoan.

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Language: English Publication details: Fairview, Quezon City Department of Community and Family Medicine, FEU-NRMF, 2011Description: 11 pages: (in folder)Content type:

text

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CFM20110007

Summary: ABSTRACT: Understanding the nature of pain and suffering is a complex challenge for physicians in any environment, but essential knowledge before the accurate assessment and management of that pain is attempted. The human body is far more than just a biophysical entity and all its component parts interact and affect each other when serious illness and chronic pain strikes. The experience of pain therefore is totally unique to the individual and by its very nature in entirely subjective. It is this that makes dealing with pain such an immense challenge for doctors across the world and also of the most rewarding aspectss of palliative care. This paper will look closely at the way pain is described and defined and what we understand are the most common causes of pain.Pain management in a cancer patient is a challenge for Physicians and other health care personnel. Pain experience is unique and highly subjective. Palliative approach on dealing with pain management poses a great deal of challenge for physicians. This will include the concept of "total pain" as first termed by Dame Cicely Saunders in 1967 and how this fits with today`s comples caring environments.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Research	Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Research	CFM20110007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R000101

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ABSTRACT: Understanding the nature of pain and suffering is a complex challenge for physicians in any environment, but essential knowledge before the accurate assessment and management of that pain is attempted. The human body is far more than just a biophysical entity and all its component parts interact and affect each other when serious illness and chronic pain strikes. The experience of pain therefore is totally unique to the individual and by its very nature in entirely subjective. It is this that makes dealing with pain such an immense challenge for doctors across the world and also of the most rewarding aspectss of palliative care. This paper will look closely at the way pain is described and defined and what we understand are the most common causes of pain.Pain management in a cancer patient is a challenge for Physicians and other health care personnel. Pain experience is unique and highly subjective. Palliative approach on dealing with pain management poses a great deal of challenge for physicians. This will include the concept of "total pain" as first termed by Dame Cicely Saunders in 1967 and how this fits with today`s comples caring environments.

Research - Department of Community & Family Medicine

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