A man of pain. Introduction to a clinical approach. Zhuslen Sh.

A meeting with a person who is painful raises a lot of questions: what distinguishes suffering from pain? How to evaluate the pain when its manifestations are not as strong as the patient tells about them? What to do if the pain covers a person to such an extent that he is experiencing something close to death? And how can you forget about pain due to the switching of attention? These and many other issues are considered in the book and are illustrated by the conversation of two doctors who observe patients. The youngest is studying with his senior colleague: it turns out that medical knowledge is not enough to get closer to a “man of pain”. Each patient is looking for another person to be recognized, seen and heard, in order to find together the most suitable and, therefore, the most effective treatment. The book will be useful to all practicing psychologists and psychotherapists, doctors, as well as all those who would like to master the skills of effective contact with people and help them.