Pain: A Ladybird Expert Book, 9780241345535
Hardcover
Unlock pain’s secrets: Understand your body’s vital, built-in alarm system.
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Pain: A Ladybird Expert Book

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  • Hardcover

    56 pages

  • Release Date

    22 July 2020

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Summary

Unlocking the Mystery of Pain: Your Body’s Built-In Alarm

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Pain is a clear, simple, and entertaining introduction to our bodies’ built-in alarm system and how it works.

  • What is pain, and can we measure it?
  • What is chronic pain, and can we treat it?
  • Can we make pain pleasant?

Understand the causes and the reasons for pain. This complex, subjective, but vital perception is experienced by the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241345535
ISBN-10:0241345537
Series:The Ladybird Expert Series
Author:Irene Tracey
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Michael Joseph Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:56
Release Date:22 July 2020
Weight:130g
Dimensions:177mm x 118mm x 8mm
About The Author

Irene Tracey

Irene Tracey is Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Warden of Merton College, her alma mater, at the University of Oxford. Irene directed for ten years what is now one of the world’s premier neuroimaging centres; she held the Nuffield Chair in Anaesthetics and was Head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Using neuroimaging, Irene’s multidisciplinary research team has made fundamental discoveries into how we construct the experience of pain, its relief and how analgesics and anaesthetics work. She sits on various international panels and has been awarded many national and international prizes for her work on pain and anaesthesia.

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