Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Exploring the Meanings of Pain: My Pain Story
Chapter 2: After the Tango in the Doorway: An Autoethnography of Living with Persistent Pain
Chapter 3: Diagnosing Human Suffering and Pain: Integrating Phenomenology in Science and Medicine
Chapter 4: "Pain Takes Over Everything" The Experience of Pain and Strategies for Management
Chapter 5: Changing Pain: Making Sense of Rehabilitation in Persistent Spine PainChapter 6: "Let Me Be a Meaningful Part in the Outside World" A Caring Perspective on Long-Term Rheumatic Pain and Fear-Avoidance Beliefs in Relation to Body Awareness and Physical Activities
Chapter 7: The Importance of Pain Imagery in Women with Endometriosis-Associated Pain, and Wider Implications for Patients with Chronic Pain
Chapter 8: Labour Pain
Chapter 9: Living with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Understanding the Battle
Chapter 10: Cancer Pain and Coping
Chapter 11: Common Meanings of Living with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain from the Perspective of Patients
Chapter 12: Connotations of Pain in a Socio-Psycho-Biological Framework
Chapter 13: Is "Chronic Pain" a Meaningful Diagnosis?
Chapter 14: The Meaning of Pain Expressions and Pain Communication
Chapter 15: On Saying it Hurts: Performativity and Politics of Pain