Overview
- Provides quick reference for clinicians and patients dealing with functional symptoms relating to the head and neck
- Fills the market need for a reference that deals with functional illness as a distinct entity
- Written by experts in the field
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About this book
This book uniquely discusses an approach to illnesses for which the causes are unknown. It fills the gaps in the literature by relaying research on functional illness, identifying and assessing various options, and indicating some decision-making suggestions that should help clinicians and patients think about therapy.
Special considerations for functional illness include “probability” explanations based on the experience of others, serious consideration of the severity of symptoms before treatments are applied, and balancing the risks, costs, and consequences of treatment; including the patient’s thoughts and attitudes is critical for success in treating functional illness.
Unique and comprehensive, Functional Illness is an invaluable reference for medical physicians of all specialties who wish to understand better and identify functional illness symptoms.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Brian W. Blakley
University of Manitoba
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Winnipeg, ManitobaCanada
Joan E. Blakley
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Functional Illness of the Head and Neck
Editors: Brian W. Blakley, Joan E. Blakley
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12998-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Editors 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12997-1Published: 03 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12998-8Published: 02 March 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 340
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Neurology, Clinical Psychology, Pain Medicine