Overview

Clinical Pain Management is a major new clinical reference work. Comprised of four volumes - Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Cancer Pain and Practical Applications and Procedures - it is a comprehensive textbook for trainee and practising specialists in pain management and related areas, presenting these individuals with all they need to know to provide a successful pain management service. This set includes one clinical volume that deal with chronic pain - from the basic mechanisms underlying the development of pain, to the various treatments that can be applied in different clinical situations. A second volume, Practical Applications and Procedures, complements providing helpful advice on practical aspects of clinical management and research, including protocols and established clinical guidelines: in effect, it is a 'ready-reference manual' for the busy clinician. Clinical Pain Management is... *An 'all-encompassing' clinical guide to this growing specialty * Authoritative - being written by acknowledged international experts * Based on the curriculum of the International Association for the Study of Pain, ensuring worldwide applicability and relevance * Convenient and practical, incorporating both evidence scoring and extensive reference annotation throughout * Available to purchase as a four-volume set or in three separate two-volume sets - suitable for both clinicians interested in all aspects of pain medicine and those with more specific inter

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Author:   T. Jensen ,  Patricia M. Wilson ,  Andrew Rice
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Hodder Arnold
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 27.70cm , Height: 6.90cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   3.832kg
ISBN:  

9780340731543

ISBN 10:   0340731540
Pages:   1366
Publication Date:   30 August 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Part 1 Basic Considerations The challenges of pain and suffering Epidemiology of chronic pain Pain in society - ethical perspectives Chronic pain, impairment and disability History and physical examination Clinical assessment of patients with chronic pain Psychological effects of chronic pain and their assessment Assessment of neuropathic pain Diagnostic procedures in chronic pain Outcome measurement in chronic pain Organization and facilities for chronic pain clinics: a UK perspective Comprehensive pain rehabilitation programmes: a north American perspective Medicolegal aspects of chronic pain Applied physiology of neuropathic pain: experimental models and their application in studying mechanisms and treatments Part 2 Management - Therapies Oral opioids and chronic non-cancer pain Topical analgesics for chronic pain The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetominophen (paracetamol) in chronic pain Antidepressents and chronic pain Anticonvulsants and antiarrhythmics Novel agents and chronic pain Placebo friend or foe? Neuroaugmentative techniques for chronic pain Neurosurgical techniques for chronic pain The role of physical therapy in chronic pain Cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic pain in adults Alternative and complementary therapies Part 3 Management - Clinical Situations Pain in neurological disease Peripheral neuropathies Complex regional pain syndromes Central pain syndromes Post-surgical pain syndromes Post-amputation pain Acute herpes zoster pain Post-herpetic neuralgia Management of painful spasticity Headache Facial pain Neck pain and whiplash Chronic back pain Chronic joint pain Chronic chest pain Chronic abdominal groin and perineal pain of visceral origin Chronic pelvic pain Myofascial and fibromyalgia: mechanisms to management Other psychiatric diagnoses and chronic pain Chronic pain in children Chronic pain in the elderly.

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