A guide to pain medicine / edited by Joseph Chuan Shih Yang and Siu Lun Tsui.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yang, Joseph Chuan Shih.

Tsui, Siu Lun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pain--Treatment.

Pain.

Analgesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Other Title:

Pain medicine

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pain is the most common symptom when sickness occurs. The treatment of any illness is directed towards both the cure of underlying pathology and the decrease of suffering. Every health care provider should be familiar with pain medicine.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Mechanisms of Pain - STEVE ONSIONG; 2. Basic Principles of PainAssessment and Evaluation - JOANNE WAI YEE CHUNG; 3. Acute Pain Management - PHOON PING CHEN; 4. Low Back Pain - WING SANG CHAN; 5. Neuropathic Pain - JACOBUS KWOK FU NG; 6. Headache - CHI TIM HUNG; 7. Facial Pain - CHI TIM HUNG; 8. Chronic Pain Associated WithMedical Diseases - CYNTHIA MUN LING WONG; 9. Cancer Pain - SlU LUN TSUI; 10. Pharmacological Management - JOSEPH CHUAN SHIH YANG; 11. Interventional Techniquesin Pain Management - TSUN WOON LEE

12. Radiotherapy in PainManagement in Cancer Patients - GORDON AU, RAY CHAN, RICO LlU AND YOKE CHING FOO13. Psychological, Behavioural andSocial Management - PETER WING HO LEE; 14. Physiotherapy and OccupationalTherapy in Pain Management - STEPHEN WONG AND MARY CHU; 15. Side Effects and DisabilitiesManagement - KWOK KEY LAM; 16. Principles of Pain Control inTraditional Chinese Medicine - JIE GUANG SUN AND JOSEPH CHUAN SHIH YANG; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-70436-2

9786612704369

988-220-149-0

OCLC:

642690002