1st Edition

Hypnotherapy Of Pain In Children With Cancer

    260 Pages
    by Routledge

    260 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Josephine R. Hilgard, Samuel LeBaron