Psychology of Pain (2 Revised edition)

A comprehensive overview of the subject of pain from a specifically psychological point of view.

The classic text on psychology of pain - fully updated to take into account developments in the last decade * Very few titles deal with the subject of pain from a psychological viewpoint * Chapter introductions, summaries and suggestions for further reading make this second edition extremely user-friendly * Pain is a subject of global interest - a lot of research is being conducted in the US and Australia in particular * Through her work with the WHO, Suzanne Skevington is an internationally recognised authority on pain and Quality of Life