This book serves as a valuable tool to review the non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic modalities available to the clinician, as well as case-based discussions of individual, difficult to treat pain syndromes common in the palliative care ...
Better data are needed to help shape efforts, especially on the groups of people currently underdiagnosed and undertreated, and the IOM encourages federal and state agencies and private organizations to accelerate the collection of data on ...
Explain Pain aims to give clinicians and people in pain the power to challenge pain and to consider new models for viewing what happens during pain.
Presented as a personal tutorial for understanding the psychology of pain, this book will be useful for practitioners, patients, and the general reader alike.
An in-depth analysis of complex clinical situations involving multiple concurrent diseases, this book reviews the clinical presentation and management of interactions among medical conditions, including myofascial pain, headache, ...
Turrigiano G, Abbott LF, Marder E. Activity-dependent changes in the intrinsic proper- ties of cultured neurons. Science. 1994;264:974–977. 6. Llinas R, Greenfield SA, Jahnsen H. Electrophysiology of pars compacta cells in the in vitro ...
Pain Medicine series, Psychological and Psychiatric Issues in Patients with Chronic Pain presents a variety of succinct case studies and "curb-side" consults on the complexity of chronic pain and its successful management.
This highly regarded handbook provides clinicians with the information they need to treat their cancer patients effectively and compassionately.
A skilled writer and compassionate physician, Vertosick believes knowledge is often the first, and best, analgesic, and in Why We Hurt, "he offers fascinating insight into the greatest mystery of all: what it means to be human" (The Seattle ...
Terry Cantor was a classic case. In his midforties he was unable to fully straighten out his right knee, a condition that persisted for twelve more years until he came to the clinic in 1997. WHICH COMES FIRST, THE ACCIDENT OR THE ...
A practical manual on the treatment of pelvic pain, focusing on the many gynecological and non-gynecological causes of the condition.