Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management

Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management
ISBN-10
1139483374
ISBN-13
9781139483377
Series
Cancer Pain
Category
Medical
Language
English
Published
2009-10-12
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Russell K. Portenoy, Eduardo D. Bruera

Description

Drs Eduardo D. Bruera and Russell K. Portenoy have completely revised and updated the widely respected Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management for the second edition of this unanimously praised book. This is a comprehensive, clinically oriented review of all aspects of the complex and multidimensional problem of cancer pain. The unique characteristics of cancer pain, including pathophysiology, clinical assessment, diagnosis, and pharmacological and nonpharmacological management are all discussed here in detail. Internationally recognized leaders in cancer pain research have contributed to many new chapters, including neuraxial analgesia, hospice and institution-based palliative care programs, bone pain, and cancer pain and palliative care in the developing world. Cancer Pain continues to be a scholarly but accessible text that is an essential resource for physicians, nurses, and medical students who treat suffering from cancer pain.

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