A Nation in Pain

A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem Hardcover – January 30, 2014

Author: Visit Amazon's Judy Foreman Page | Language: English | ISBN: 0199837201 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem – January 30, 2014
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• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (January 30, 2014)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199837201
• ISBN-13: 978-0199837205
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Clinical > Pain Medicine
  • #13 in Books > Medical Books > Pharmacology > Pain Medicine
  • #13 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diseases & Physical Ailments > Chronic Pain

The reason I am buying is that both my wife and I have pain issues. The following is from a very reliable web site I subscribe to that gave this review. Another reason I am buying the book. After reading I will adjust the stars rating based on my feelings about the book.

The following review was written by SB. Leavitt, MA, PhD at Pain Topics News & Research.
Of nearly 240 million adults in the United States, more than 4 in 10, or about 100 million, live with chronic pain of some sort. Yet, the professional and popular news media focus more on abuses of pain medications than the dreaded conditions the drugs are intended to treat. Meanwhile, the suffering of untreated or mistreated patients with pain is largely overlooked.
In her new book — A Nation in Pain: Healing Our Biggest Health Problem — author Judy Foreman provides a deeply researched account of today’s chronic pain crisis and reasons behind it, and she discusses some solutions that could be within reach. Far more than just a symptom, Foreman explains, chronic pain can be a disease in its own right, and the failure to manage pain better in the U.S. and other countries worldwide may be tantamount to torture.
A great many (perhaps, too many) books have been written on the subject of pain; all are well-intentioned and often they are self-published. While some of the books are of interest, most appear to be riddled with personal opinion, biased perspectives, and/or misinformation rather than being guided by facts and solid evidence.

Judy Foreman's new book, A Nation in Pain, doesn't waste any time diving in to the shocking statistics and research related to chronic pain and the severity of the problems surrounding it. It is a mandatory reading for Chronic Pain patients, Medical professionals, and society at large - who is so often misinformed by the media and general lack of education surrounding these issues. This book covers everything from the basic definition of chronic pain --- to opioid wars --- to ideas on how to make real improvements in our nation's response to chronic pain.

Some early facts in this book that i found to be highly interesting:
1). "[the government] spends only about 1% of its vast budget on pain research, despite the fact that chronic pain....is a bigger problem than heart disease, cancer, and diabetes COMBINED. ...Federal spending on chronic pain is actually going down."
2). Judy Foreman discussed the problem of doctors not being educated to treat or work with patients with chronic pain. She cites, "Across all the years of medical training, students got an average of 13 to 41 hours of pain education. Veterinary students got more than twice that - 87 hours on average."
3). "Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abusers of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethnically, the failure to manage pain better IS TANTAMOUNT TO TORTURE."

I fully believe that we will be better as a country due to this book, the more people that read it the better. It is rare that any book fills me with this level of inspiration for positive change. I know i will read this book many times, and buy it for those who are important to me. Ms.

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