Cancer pain : assessment and management / edited by Eduardo D. Bruera, Russell K. Portenoy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruera, Eduardo.

Portenoy, Russell K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer pain.

Neoplasms.

Pain Management.

Pain Measurement.

Palliative Care.

Medical Subjects:

Neoplasms.

Pain Management.

Pain Measurement.

Palliative Care.

Physical Description:

xiii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Contents:

Section I Mechanisms and Epidemiology

1 Nociception: basic principles / Rie Suzuki, Anthony H. Dickenson 3

2 Cancer pain epidemiology: a systematic review / Julie Hearn, Irene J. Higginson 19

3 Cancer pain: prevalence and undertreatment / Sean O'Mahony 38

Section II Assessment and Syndromes

4 The assessment of cancer pain / Karen O. Anderson, Charles S. Cleeland 51

5 Multidimensional assessment: pain and palliative care / Peter G. Lawlor 67

6 Cancer pain syndromes / Russell K. Portenoy, Maria Conn 89

Section III Pharmacological Treatment

7 Pharmacology of analgesia: basic principles / Charles E. Inturrisi 111

8 Pharmacology of opioid analgesia: clinical principles / Carla Ripamonti 124

9 Opioid side effects and management / Catherine Sweeney, Eduardo D. Bruera 150

10 Nonopioid analgesics / Burkhard Hinz, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, Kay Brune 171

11 Adjuvant analgesic drugs / Russell K. Portenoy, Germaine Rowe 188

Section IV Nonpharmacological Approaches

12 Anesthesiological procedures / Suellen M. Walker, Michael J. Cousins 201

13 Psychological interventions / Diane M. Novy 228

14 Rehabilitation medicine interventions / Theresa A. Gillis 238

15 Neurosurgical techniques in the management of cancer pain / Samuel J. Hassenbusch, Lauren Johns 261

Section V The Role of Antineoplastic Therapies in Pain Control

16 Palliative radiotherapy / Nora A. Janjan, Marc Delclos, Christopher Crane, Matthew Ballo, Charles Cleeland 279

17 Palliative systemic antineoplastic therapy / Michael J. Fisch 311

Section VI Pain in Special Populations

18 Cancer pain management in the chemically dependent patient / Steven D. Passik, Kenneth L. Kirsh, Vincent Mullen 331

19 Cancer pain in children / John J. Collins, Charles B. Berde 343

20 Cancer pain in the elderly / David I. Wollner 354

Section VII Difficult Pain Problems

21 Cancer pain and depression / Marjaneh Rouhani, Jahandar Saifollahi, William S. Breitbart 375

22 Neuropathic pain / Christopher J. Watling, Dwight E. Moulin 396

23 Breakthrough pain / Perry G. Fine 408

24 Bone Pain / Eduardo D. Bruera, Catherine Sweeney 413

Section VIII Special Topics

25 Pain in medical illness: ethical foundations / Pauline Lesage, Russell K. Portenoy 431

26 Understanding clinical trials in pain research / John T. Farrar, Scott D. Halpern 444

27 Legal and regulatory aspects of opioid treatment: the United States experience / June L. Dahl 456

28 Role of family caregivers in cancer pain management / Myra Glajchen 467.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521773326

OCLC:

50756034

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