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Back Pain: How to Relieve Low Back Pain and Sciatica by Loren Fishman and Carol
Ardman, 1999, W.W. Norton.
The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry, 1987,
Oxford University Press.
Care of the Soul: A guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by
Thomas Moore, 1994, HarperPerennial.
The Culture of Pain by David B. Morris, 1993, University of California Press.
Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life by Ira Byock, M.D., 1998,
Riverhead Books.
Freedom from Headaches by Dr. J. Saper, Dr. K. Magee, and Kenneth R. Maggee, 1986,
Simon & Schuster.
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Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Thich Nhat Hanh (Preface), and Joan
Borysenko, 1990, Delta.
Headache Relief for Women: How You Can Manage and Prevent Pain by Alan M.
Rapaport, M.D. and Fred D. Sheftell, M.D., 1996, Little Brown & Company.
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by John E. Sarno, 1991, Warner Books.
How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland, 1995, Vintage
Books.
Learning to Master Your Chronic Pain by Robert N. Jamison, 1991, Professional
Resource Exchange.
Listening to Pain: A Physician’s Guide to Improving Pain Management Through Better
Communication by Scott M. Fishman, M.D., 2006, Waterford Life Sciences.
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Marlene E. Hunter, M.D., 1996, Brunner/Mazel.
Managing Pain Before It Manages You by Margaret A. Caudill, M.D., Ph.D., 1999,
Guilford Press.
Mastering Pain: A twelve-Step Program for Coping With Chronic Pain by Dr. Richard
A. Sternbach, 1995, Ballantine Books.
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Natural Pain Relief: A Practical Handbook for Self-Help by Jan Sadler with Patrick
Wall, 1997, Element.
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D., 1997, Collier Books.
Pain and Suffering by William K. Livingston and Howard L. Fields, 1998, International
Association for the Study of Pain.
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V.S.
Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee, 1999, Quill.
Suffering by Betty Rolling Ferrell (editor), 1996, Jones & Barlett Publishers.
The War on Pain by Scott Fishman, M.D., with Lisa Berger, 2000, HarperCollins
Publishers.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner, 1992, Avon Books.
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon
Kabat-Zinn, 1995, Hyperion.
You Don’t Have to Suffer: A Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain for Patients and
Their Families by Susan S. Lang and Richard B. Patt, M.D., 1995, Oxford
University Press.
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