The Man of Pain. Introduction to the Clinical Approach

Meeting a person in pain raises many questions: what distinguishes suffering from pain? How can pain be assessed when its manifestations are not as severe as the patient describes? What to do if pain engulfs a person to the point where they experience something close to death? And how can pain be forgotten through a shift in attention?

These and many other questions are addressed in the book and illustrated through a conversation between two doctors observing patients.

The junior learns from his senior colleague: it turns out that medical knowledge is not enough to approach the «man of pain». Every patient seeks another person to be recognized, seen, and heard, in order to jointly find the most suitable and therefore most effective treatment.
The book will be useful for all practicing psychologists and psychotherapists, doctors, as well as anyone who would like to acquire the skills of effective contact with people and helping them.