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Models of pain and disability -- Psychological mechanisms -- The psychological impact of pain and disability -- Cultural and social influences on pain and disability -- Risk identification and screening -- Biomedical and pain assessment in secondary and tertiary care settings -- The assessment of pain and function -- Psychological assessment -- The nature of psychosocial interventions -- Intervention models and techniques -- Introduction -- Setting the scene: introduction to the pain management programme -- Medical component of the programme -- Physiotherapy component of the programme -- Psychological component of the programme -- The nature of therapeutic groups -- Maintenance and management of flare-ups -- Conclusions -- Economic and medicolegal influences on pain and disability -- Psychological perspectives on work -- Pain and work: individually focused interventions -- Pain and work: organisational perspectives.

Aimed at general practitioners, physiotherapists, and post-registration nurses, this book examines various aspects of pain management, such as the epidemiology and healthcare economics of pain management and after-care pain management.