Pain: A Very Short Introduction

Rob Boddice considers how perceptions of pain have varied across history, and how the treatment of pain has also changed. Beginning with the classical world, he charts the increasing distinction drawn between physical and emotional pain, and the growing modern focus on empathy and compassion towards pain in others, and in animals.

Rob Boddice ia in considerare modul in care perceptiile durerii au variat de-a lungul istoriei si modul in care tratamentul durerii s-a schimbat, de asemenea. Incepand cu lumea clasica, el prezinta distinctia crescanda facuta intre durerea fizica si emotionala, si accentul modern in crestere pe empatie si compasiune fata de durere la altii si la animale.