| The Pain Management Handbook: A Concise Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment 1998 Edition Contributor(s): Gershwin, M. Eric (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0896034232 ISBN-13: 9780896034235 Publisher: Humana OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Seasoned clinicians comprehensively, yet succinctly, summarize their years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pain across a wide variety of medical conditions. Drawing on their extensive personal knowledge of internal medicine, family practice, rheumatology, neurology, cardiology, as well as of urology, oncology, neurology, physical medicine, and gastroenterology, they provide all the practical information needed by busy practitioners to initiate appropriate diagnostic tests and therapy-without having to consult other references. Treatment is presented in practical terms, with specific but full information given on medications and dosages. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pain Medicine - Medical | Diagnosis - Medical | Anesthesiology |
| Dewey: 616.047 |
| LCCN: 98005986 |
| Series: Current Clinical Practice |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 7" W x 10" (1.98 lbs) 380 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt. SAMUEL JoHNSON, The Rambler, no. 48 (September 1, 1750) Who among us has not experienced the suffering of a patient with chronic disease, who in addition to the vicissitudes of fatigue, anxiety, and frustration, must also deal with the suffering of pain? Who among us has not considered, and then reconsidered, whether a patient's complaints are worthy of a narcotic and thence worried about the social and legal implications of chronic use? Who among us has not refused pain medications to our patients for fear that use was turning into abuse? Finally, who among us would not have liked a clinical guide to a myriad of syndromes, all of which have pain as their common denominator, in the hopes of developing some strategy to prioritize treatment. Our purpose in preparing The Pain Management Handbook is to provide the informa- tion needed by clinicians to develop strategies that optimize pain management. It is the goal of the editors and authors that the present handbook, above all else, will be clinically useful. Its aim is to provide practical information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of disorders causing pain, along with tables and graphics to provide the busy practitioner with rapid access to relevant data. |