Core topics in pain / edited by Anita Holdcroft , Siân Jaggar.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005Description: xx, 345 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521857783 (hardback)
- 616.0472 22 C.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWARD; GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS; BASIC SCIENCE ABBREVIATIONS; PART 1 BASIC SCIENCE; PART 2 PAIN ASSESSMENT; PART 3 PAIN IN THE CLINICAL SETTING; PART 4 THE ROLE OF EVIDENCE IN PAIN MANAGEMENT; PART 5 TREATMENT OF PAIN; PART 6 SUMMARIES; GLOSSARY; INDEX
A comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to this multi-faceted topic, from the underlying neurobiology, through pain assessment (in animals and humans), diagnostic strategies, clinical presentations, pain syndromes, to the many treatment options (e.g. physical therapies, drug therapies, psychosocial care) and the evidence base for each of these
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