Pain: Best Practice & Research Compendium (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780080446844)

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.

• 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: Harald Breivik
ISBN-10: 0080446841
ISBN-13: 9780080446844
Publisher: Elsevier
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 10.95h x 8.56w x 0.74d