Pain
Best Practice & Research Compendium
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This prestigious text offers the most up-to-date advice on the assessment and treatment of pain. Derived from the highly acclaimed journals Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology and Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, this fully updated volume discusses the basic principles of pain, its diagnosis, the recognition of ‘red' flags indicating a greater risk of serious causes and ‘yellow' flags indicating a greater risk of developing more chronic pain, and the evidence-based management of a variety of conditions. Illustrated throughout, the book draws upon the expertise of some of the World's leading experts in the field, providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of pain.
Table of ContentsKey Features
- Full reference to the latest clinical research
- New chapters on limb pain and Science and psychology of pain
- Cochrane Reviews, when relevant
- boxed and bulleted Research Agenda and Practice Points
- Reference to national and international guidelines
Author Information
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Edited by Harald Breivik, MD, DMSc, FRCA, Professor Dept Anaesthesiology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; and Michael Shipley, MA, MD, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, Centre for Rheumatology,University College Hospital, London, UK
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- Paperback
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- 384 Pages
- Trim Size: 8 1/2 X 10 15/16 in
- Imprint: Elsevier
- ISBN: 978-0-08-044684-4
- Copyright: 2007
