The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Pocket-sized manual for residents and practitioners. Outlines the causes and assessment of pain and the necessity for treating it. Includes therapeutic options and various aspects of pain, including acute, chronic, and cancer pain. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover. DNLM: Pain--therapy--Handbooks. The Second Edition Of This Highly Popular Pocket Guide Presents The State-of-the-art Approaches To Pain Management That Are Currently Taught And Practiced At The Massachusetts General Hospital. This Completely Revised New Edition Is Even More User-friendly And Clinical Than Its Predecessor. All Chapters Are Updated And 15 New Chapters Cover Epidemiology Of Pain; Quantitative Sensory Testing; Neuroradiology; Psychopharmacology For Pain; Pre-emptive Analgesia For Acute Pain; Chronic Pain And The Difficult Patient; Physical Therapy In Chronic Pain; Neuropathic Pain Syndromes; Depression And Pain; Pain And Drug Addiction; Pain And Suffering; Symptom Management; Palliative Care; Radiotherapy And Cancer Pain; And Radiopharmaceuticals. A Great Pocket Reference That Can Be Used On The Floor Daily. (product Description). Previous Ed. Edited By: David Borsook, Alyssa Lebel And Bucknam Mcpeek. Boston: Little, Brown, C1996. / Editor, Jane Ballantyne ; Associate Editors, Scott M. Fishman, Salahadin Abdi ; Foreword By Howard L. Fields. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.