The Pain Management Handbook

1. Front Matter

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2. The Assessment of the Patient with Pain

   • Steven H. Richeimer

   Pages 1-23

3. Pain in the Head

   • N. Vijayan

   Pages 25-43

4. Neck Pain

   • N. Vijayan, Stanley M. Naguwa

   Pages 45-55

5. Pain in the Shoulders and Upper Extremities

   • James C. Leek

   Pages 57-77

6. Chest Pain

   • William R. Lewis, Ezra A. Amsterdam

   Pages 79-115

7. Abdominal Pain

   • R. Erick Pecha, Thomas Prindiville

   Pages 117-145

8. Pelvic, Perineal, and Genital Pain

   • Anthony R. Stone, Jae H. Kim

   Pages 147-164

9. Low Back Pain: Diagnosis and Management

   • E. Ralph Johnson, Viviane Ugalde

   Pages 165-190

10. Pain in the Hips and Lower Extremities

    • James C. Leek

    Pages 191-200

11. Musculoskeletal Pain

    • Richard H. White

    Pages 201-218

12. Comprehensive Pain Management in the Patient with Cancer

    • Scott Christensen, John Linder, John Meyers, Frederick J. Meyers

    Pages 219-237

13. Postoperative Pain

    • Dennis L. Fung

    Pages 239-259

14. Pain by Etiology

    • Maurice E. Hamilton

    Pages 261-282

15. Treatment of Pain

    • Maurice E. Hamilton, M. Eric Gershwin

    Pages 283-352

16. Legal Issues in Pain Management: Walking the Tightrope Between Legal Restrictions and Medical Ethics

    • Charles Bond, Susan L. Ballard

    Pages 353-368

17. Back Matter

    Pages 369-380

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Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt. SAMUEL JoHNSON, The Rambler, no. 48 (September 1, 1750) Who among us has not experienced the suffering of a patient with chronic disease, who in addition to the vicissitudes of fatigue, anxiety, and frustration, must also deal with the suffering of pain? Who among us has not considered, and then reconsidered, whether a patient's complaints are worthy of a narcotic and thence worried about the social and legal implications of chronic use? Who among us has not refused pain medications to our patients for fear that use was turning into abuse? Finally, who among us would not have liked a clinical guide to a myriad of syndromes, all of which have pain as their common denominator, in the hopes of developing some strategy to prioritize treatment. Our purpose in preparing The Pain Management Handbook is to provide the informa­ tion needed by clinicians to develop strategies that optimize pain management. It is the goal of the editors and authors that the present handbook, above all else, will be clinically useful. Its aim is to provide practical information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of disorders causing pain, along with tables and graphics to provide the busy practitioner with rapid access to relevant data.

• diagnosis
• management
• medical ethics
• pain
• treatment

• University of California, Davis, USA

  M. Eric Gershwin, Maurice E. Hamilton

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