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""…Weiner's text is state-of-the-art on all aspects of pain and its multidisciplinary management. … Unusually for a tome this large, it makes for quite a good read. It even tells you how to fix a headache."" - Janet Hardy, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK, in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ""…a wonderful, interesting book which I will refer to whenever I need to discuss pain control. Compared to other books, it definitely covers topics never addressed in internationally recognized resources. 5 stars!"" - Louis G. Salib, M.D., University of Chicago, in Doody's Notes

...Weiner's text is state-of-the-art on all aspects of pain and its multidisciplinary management. ... Unusually for a tome this large, it makes for quite a good read. It even tells you how to fix a headache. - Janet Hardy, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK, in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ...a wonderful, interesting book which I will refer to whenever I need to discuss pain control. Compared to other books, it definitely covers topics never addressed in internationally recognized resources. 5 stars! - Louis G. Salib, M.D., University of Chicago, in Doody's Notes

Weiner's text is state-of-the-art on all aspects of pain and its multidisciplinary management. Unusually for a tome this large, it makes for quite a good read. It even tells you how to fix a headache. - Janet Hardy, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK, in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine a wonderful, interesting book which I will refer to whenever I need to discuss pain control. Compared to other books, it definitely covers topics never addressed in internationally recognized resources. 5 stars! - Louis G. Salib, M.D., University of Chicago, in Doody's Notes

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Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD is chief of pain medicine, director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship Program, and associate professor of anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Trained in interventional pain management, medical acupuncture and end-of-life care, Dr. Boswell has been actively involved in clinical pain management, pain-related research, and academic medicine for more than 15 years. Dr. Boswell is editor-in-chief for Pain Physician, the official publication for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). Dr. Boswell earned his PhD in experimental pathology and MD from Case Western Reserve University. He completed an anesthesia residency after a categorical surgical internship, a research fellowship in neuroscience, and additional training in interventional pain management. Dr. Boswell was named the Outstanding Clinical Teacher in Anesthesiology in 1992 from CWRU School of Medicine and received the Outstanding Educational Achievement Award from ASIPP in 2004. Dr. Boswell was vice-chair of the School of Medicine of CWRU, serves on numerous committees at University Hospitals of Cleveland, including pharmacy and therapeutics, Qual Choice Medical Policy and the Rehabilitative Services Advisory Committee. He is a frequent presenter at local, national and international meetings, an accomplished author, and committed member of his community, family, and church. Dr. Richard S. Weiner personally asked Dr. Boswell to serve as the principal editor for the Seventh Edition of the American Academy of Pain Management’s textbook. Under Dr. Boswell’s editorial leadership the Seventh Edition has been revised entirely to embrace the evidence basis for pain diagnosis and management. Dr. Boswell has introduced many new sections and made this edition the most diverse in the disciplines involved, the most comprehensive in scope of practice, and the most clinically relevant. Dr. B. Eliot Cole earned his undergraduate degree in bacteriology from the University of California, his medical doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and his master’s in public administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He performed residencies in psychiatry and neurology at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, and completed an anesthesia-based fellowship in pain management at the University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Sciences. The American Psychiatric Association awarded Dr. Cole Fellow status in 1995 and Distinguished Fellow status in 2002. Dr. Cole has been active in pain management since 1985, as a pain management fellow, a clinician, and as an active member of many pain-related organizations. He served on the American Academy of Pain Management’s Board of Advisors, Board of Directors, numerous committees, was the organization’s President from January 1, 1994 until December 31, 1995, and was the Interim Executive Director from March 1 until December 31, 1998. Currently, Dr. Cole is a consultant in pain management for the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group and for the American Academy of Pain Management, serves as the Executive Director for the American Society of Pain Educators, and vice-president for medical and scientific affairs for Aventine Health Sciences. Dr. Cole is the program dean for pain studies at the University of Integrated Studies. Dr. Cole enjoys lecturing and writing about pain management, care of the terminally ill, medical policy-making, and ethical issues.

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