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Pragmatism and Pain: the Melioristic Rhetoric of Mirror Box Therapy

Creator:

Thompson, Anna F. B.

Abstract:

The phenomenon of phantom limb pain has been well documented for centuries, but little clinical work has been done to alleviate it. Physician and neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran began researching this condition nearly two decades ago, and has discovered a promising alternative treatment: mirror-box therapy. This therapy is not yet...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis