Melzack, Ronald

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MELZACK, Ronald

MELZACK, Ronald. Canadian, b. 1929. Genres: Children's fiction, Psychology, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Professor of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1967- (Associate Professor, 1963-67). Lecturer, University College, London, 1957-58; Research Fellow, University of Pisa, Italy, 1958-59; Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959-63. Publications: The Day Tuk Became a Hunter and Other Eskimo Stories, 1967; Raven, Creator of the World, 1970; The Puzzle of Pain, 1973; Why the Man in the Moon Is Happy and Other Eskimo Creation Stories, 1977; (with P.D. Wall) The Challenge of Pain, 1982, 3rd ed., 1996. EDITOR: Pain Measurement and Assessment, 1983; (with P.D. Wall) Textbook of Pain, 1984, 4th ed., 1999; (with D.C. Turk) Handbook of Pain Assessment, 1992, 2nd ed., 2001. Address: 51 Banstead Rd, Montreal, QC, Canada.