Pain : dynamics and complexities / Daniel M. Doleys, PhD, Director, The Doleys Clinic and Pain and Rehabilitation Institute, Birmingham, Alabama.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]

286 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- History of pain -- Pain mechanisms and types -- Pain and the brain -- Pain processing : some theories -- The complexities of measuring pain -- Psychogenic pain : is the concept useful? -- Pain as a disease -- Pain in neonates and infants -- Pain and religion -- Empathy and pain -- Genetics and pain -- Pain and consciousness -- Pain : present and future considerations.