Bonica's Management of Pain

Focuses on pain management. This book takes a practical approach to various areas of pain management, including its psychological issues. From cancer and surgical pain to visceral pain, it covers diseases, treatments, causes, and effects. It also includes clinical impressions and observations of diseases and disorders with painful syndromes.

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"Bonica's Management of Pain" is the 'gold standard' text in pain management. This is the first and only textbook to take a comprehensive and practical approach to all areas of pain management, including its psychological issues. From cancer and surgical pain to visceral pain, this book covers diseases, treatments, causes, and effects. The first of three parts covers the fundamental aspects of pain, its anatomy, physiological and psychological bases. The second part addresses the techniques that alleviate pain and, though the primary focus is on analgesic block, other methods are covered. Clinical impressions and observations of diseases and disorders with painful syndromes constitute the third part of the book. It is part of the "Doody's Core Titles 2009."