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Forthcoming new titles Fast Facts: Chronic Pain (second edition)
By Michael Cousins and Rollin Gallagher
ISBN 978-1-905832-85-9
Chronic (persistent) pain exacts an enormous toll in terms of social and economic costs and long-term suffering. Accurate diagnosis and successful management require a multidisciplinary and multi-skilled approach often led by the front-line practitioner.
This second edition of Fast Facts: Chronic Pain is an essential read for all healthcare professionals. Two experts of international standing summarize key facts on mechanisms and assessment, describe the diagnosis and management of specific chronic syndromes and offer insight into future advances in how we will manage this debilitating disorder.
Details the diagnosis and management of specific chronic syndromes including cancer pain, neuropathic pain and low back pain
Covers pain of musculoskeletal origin
Reviews how advances in neuroscience, analgesic research and acupuncture might affect future trends
Contents
Mechanisms and definitions; Assessment of pain; Trigeminal neuralgia; Complex regional pain syndrome; Diabetic and postherpetic neuropathic pain; Central pain; Traumatic nerve injury; Cancer pain; Musculoskeletal pain; Visceral pain; The multidisciplinary approach; Future trends
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