The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management [Paperback]

Jane C. Ballantyne (Editor), Scott M. Fishman (Editor), Salahadin Abdi (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781723779 | ISBN-13: 978-0781723770 | Publication Date: January 15, 2002 | Edition: Second

The Second Edition of this highly popular pocket guide presents the state-of-the-art approaches to pain management that are currently taught and practiced at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This completely revised new edition is even more user-friendly and clinical than its predecessor. All chapters are updated and 15 new chapters cover epidemiology of pain; quantitative sensory testing; neuroradiology; psychopharmacology for pain; pre-emptive analgesia for acute pain; chronic pain and the difficult patient; physical therapy in chronic pain; neuropathic pain syndromes; depression and pain; pain and drug addiction; pain and suffering; symptom management; palliative care; radiotherapy and cancer pain; and radiopharmaceuticals. A great pocket reference that can be used on the floor daily.

Product Details

• Paperback: 587 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781723779
• ISBN-13: 978-0781723770
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,314,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)