Principles & Practice of Pain Management : 9780071443494

The best textbook on pain management! This comprehensive resource covers every aspect of diagnosing and treating specific pain conditions and syndromes. Features a concise introduction to basic concepts in pain management, plus an expanded section on evaluation and assessment techniques.

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Discusses the fundamentals of pain, the various diseases and disorders in which pain poses a major problem, and the methods employed in its management. Emphasizes the use of the analgesic block as an aid to diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy. Previous edition, c1993, was titled Principles and Practice of Pain Management. For physicians.

About the Author

Carol A. Warfield, MD Edward Lowenstein Professor of Anesthesia Harvard Medical School Chief, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts Zahid H. Bajwa, MB Assistant Professor of Anesthesia Harvard Medical School Director of Education and Clinical Pain Research Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts