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This is a well written and illustrated book containing many tools that will help clinicians provide better care for their chronic pain patients. - Doody's Health Sciences and Book Review Journal .,. this book provides invaluable guidelines for prescribing both medication and non-medication-based therapies for the most common pain conditions seen in a general medical practice. - Headache and Pain .,. a marvelous resource for practitioners trying to cope with the burden of chronic pain in general medical practice. - Anesth Analg

"From the reviews of the second edition: ""This book on pain management is part of the Current Clinical Practice Series of high quality, evidence-based books for primary care physicians. … This is an extremely helpful and practical book. … Although written by an anesthesiologist, the book covers the broad subject of chronic pain very well … to give primary care physicians a very workable reference. … This is a tremendous addition to a primary care practitioner’s library and well worth the price."" (Vincent F Carr, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2009) ""The practical and clinical nature of this text will be of … interest to those with highly specialized knowledge of or interest in pain syndromes. This is a single-author book intended to serve as a practical, easy-to-understand guide for the primary care provider who routinely manages patients with chronic pain syndromes. It is … written as a clinical guide with a patient care and education focus. … The text is … appropriately focused for the primary care audience. The material is well referenced and contemporary."" (Curtis E Haas, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol. 43, October, 2009) “Chronic Pain could be valuable to family practitioners who treat children, adolescents, and pregnant women with chronic pain. … Overall, Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management accomplishes its stated goals effectively. It would be valuable to primary care clinicians who treat patients with headache, low back pain, arthritis, and other painful conditions. It would be particularly beneficial to those clinicians with concerns about prescribing controlled substances.” (Devi E. Nampiaparampil, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 303 (2), January, 2010)"

From the reviews of the second edition: This book on pain management is part of the Current Clinical Practice Series of high quality, evidence-based books for primary care physicians. ... This is an extremely helpful and practical book. ... Although written by an anesthesiologist, the book covers the broad subject of chronic pain very well ... to give primary care physicians a very workable reference. ... This is a tremendous addition to a primary care practitioner's library and well worth the price. (Vincent F Carr, Doody's Review Service, March, 2009) The practical and clinical nature of this text will be of ... interest to those with highly specialized knowledge of or interest in pain syndromes. This is a single-author book intended to serve as a practical, easy-to-understand guide for the primary care provider who routinely manages patients with chronic pain syndromes. It is ... written as a clinical guide with a patient care and education focus. ... The text is ... appropriately focused for the primary care audience. The material is well referenced and contemporary. (Curtis E Haas, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol. 43, October, 2009) Chronic Pain could be valuable to family practitioners who treat children, adolescents, and pregnant women with chronic pain. ... Overall, Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management accomplishes its stated goals effectively. It would be valuable to primary care clinicians who treat patients with headache, low back pain, arthritis, and other painful conditions. It would be particularly beneficial to those clinicians with concerns about prescribing controlled substances. (Devi E. Nampiaparampil, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 303 (2), January, 2010)

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