ABSTRACT

Whether initiated by injury or disease, induced and sustained by changes in the nervous system, or manifested by society and culture, chronic pain can change one's first-person experience of the body and the world, and ultimately impacts cognitions, emotions, and behavior. Many fine medical books address the causes and management of chronic intract

chapter 1|6 pages

Maldynia—The Illness of Chronic Pain

chapter 2|18 pages

A Short History of Pain and Its Treatment

chapter 3|8 pages

Pain Does Not Suffer Misprision

chapter 4|32 pages

Understanding Suffering

chapter 5|12 pages

How (Can) I Feel Your Pain

chapter 6|10 pages

Spirituality, Suffering, and the Self

chapter 8|20 pages

Maldynia as Muse

chapter 9|10 pages

Maldynic Pain in Image and Experience

chapter 10|12 pages

Musical Representations of Physical Pain

chapter 11|12 pages

Beyond Technology

chapter 12|26 pages

Psychological Assessment of Maldynic Pain

chapter 13|18 pages

Painism—A New Ethics

chapter 14|12 pages

Maldynia