Core topics in pain

• Other Authors: Holdcroft, Anita (Editor), Jaggar, Sian Isobel (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
• Subjects: Pain Management > diagnosis; Pain > diagnosis; Pain > physiopathology
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• Item Description: Originally published: 2005
• Physical Description: xx, 345 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780521174176; 0521174171

Originally published in 2005, Core Topics in Pain provides a comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to this multi-faceted topic. It covers a wide range of issues from the underlying neurobiology, through pain assessment in animals and humans, diagnostic strategies, clinical presentations, pain syndromes, to the many treatment options, for example, physical therapies, drug therapies, psychosocial care and the evidence base for each of these. Written and edited by experts of international renown, the many concise but comprehensive chapters provide the reader with a guide to all aspects of pain. It is an essential book for anaesthetic trainees and is also an invaluable first reference for surgical and nursing staff, ICU professionals, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, psychologists, healthcare managers and researchers with a need for an overview of the key aspects of the topic