Clinical Pain Management

Improve your patient's quality of life by increasing your knowledge of practical pain control Pain is the most pervasive and debilitating of all experiences. It can be acute and short lived or develop into a chronic condition that destroys quality of life. But most pain can be managed - and this book will show you how. Based on the International Association for the Study of Pain's core clinical curriculum, and edited and written by leading international experts, Clinical Pain Management presents practical approaches for: The assessment of pain Pharmacological, interventional, psychological and complimentary management approaches Regional and disease-related pain states Pain in children, older people, and other special populations Algorithms and best-practice guidelines ensure all physicians will benefit from the guidance in this concise book as they strive to improve their patient's well-being. Titles of Related Interest Evidence-based Chronic Pain Management Stannard, Kalso, Ballantyne (eds); ISBN 978-1-4051-5291-4 Pain Management: Expanding the Pharmacological Options McCleane; ISBN 978-1-4051-7823-5