Hypnotherapy Of Pain In Children With Cancer

by Josephine R. Hilgard, Samuel LeBaron

Overview

Presents findings on the effects of hypnosis in reducing anxiety and pain in children with cancer and suggests that hypnotherapy offers real promise of pain relief without drugs.First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317840855
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/05/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	539 KB

About the Author

Josephine R. Hilgard, Samuel LeBaron

Table of Contents

Foreword, Preface, Hypnosis, Cancer, and Pain, Hypnotherapy as Experienced by Older and Younger Patients, The Stanford Study: Relief of Pain and Anxiety during Bone Marrow Aspirations, Differential Responses to Hypnotherapy for Pain, Adapting Hypnosis to Specific Symptoms of Distress Connected with Cancer, Distraction Techniques in the Relief of Pain, Parents, Nurses, and Physicians: How They Help Patients Cope, Understanding Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, The Growth of Hypnotic Ability: A Developmental Approach, Opportunities for Research, Appendix A, Appendix B, Reference, Index