Pain
Author | : Rob Boddice |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198738565 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198738560 |
Rating | : 4/5 (560 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pain written by Rob Boddice and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob Boddice considers how perceptions of pain have varied across history, and how the treatment of pain has also changed. Beginning with the classical world, he charts the increasing distinction drawn between physical and emotional pain, and the growing modern focus on empathy and compassion towards pain in others, and in animals.