Ouch!: Why Pain Hurts, and Why It Doesn't Have to

by Linda Rodríguez McRobbie and Margee Kerr

Book Overview

Pain seems like a fairly straightforward experience - you get hurt and it, well, hurts. But how would you describe it? By the number of broken bones or stitches? By the cause - the crowning baby, the sharp knife, the straying lover? What does a 7 on a pain scale of 1 to 10 really mean?

Pain is complicated. But most of the time, the way we treat pain is superficial - we seek out states of perfect painlessness by avoiding it at all costs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472965272
• ISBN13: 9781472965271
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury SIGMA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.3"