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Bonica's management of pain / editors, Jane C. Ballantyne, Scott M. Fishman, James P. Rathmell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pain--Treatment.
- Pain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 1867 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wolters Kluwer, 2019
- Summary:
- "This exhaustively comprehensive edition of the classic Bonica’s Management of Pain, first published 65 years ago, expertly combines the scientific underpinnings of pain with clinical management. Completely revised, it discusses a wide variety of pain conditions - including neuropathic pain, pain due to cancer, and acute pain situations - for adults as well as children. An international group of the foremost experts provides comprehensive, current, clinically oriented coverage of the entire field. The contributors describe contemporary clinical practice and summarize the evidence that guides clinical practice." -- Publisher.
- Contents:
- Part One: Basic considerations
- Part Two: Economics, political, legal, and ethical considerations
- Part Three: Evaluation of the pain patient
- Part Four: Pain conditions
- Part Five: Methods for symptomatic control
- Part Six: Provision of pain treatment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4963-4905-9
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