This book has a very wide scope, embracing such techniques as Koryo hand therapy, Tai Chi Chuan, magnetic stimulation and Qigong. The emphasis throughout is on pain management rather than drug treatment, which is laudable. …Weiner's text is state-of-the-art on all aspects of pain and its multidisciplinary management. It rises to the fact that pain (especially chronic benign pain) is 'the most common medical complaint of civilised man'. Unusually for a tome this large, it makes for quite a good read. It even tells you how to fix a headache.
- Janet Hardy, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK, in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
This is the first book I have read that tries to collect all data in the subject of pain management, whether medical, natural, or experience related. It represents a nice pain management mini-encyclopedia and it offers a nice reference for clinicians about different, sometimes unknown, practices of pain control. The unique chapters about oriental medicine, legal issues, and special diagnostic testing are appreciated. …The author is a credible authority. …a wonderful, interesting book which I will refer to whenever I need to discuss pain control. Compared to other books, it definitely covers topics never addressed in internationally recognized resources. 5 stars!
- Louis G. Salib, MD, University of Chicago, in Doody's Notes
Product Description
This authoritative reference, the Sixth Edition of an internationally acclaimed bestseller, offers the most up-to-date information available on multidisciplinary pain diagnosis, treatment, and management. Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Clinicians is a compilation of literature written by members of The American Academy of Pain Management, the largest multidisciplinary society of pain management professionals in North America and the largest physician-based pain society in the United States. This unique reference covers both traditional and alternative approaches and discusses the pain of children as well as adult and geriatric patients. It includes approximately 60 new chapters and each chapter is written to allow the reader to read independently topics of interest and thus may be viewed as a self-contained study module. The collection of chapters allows an authoritative self-study on many of the pressing issues faced by pain practitioners. Regardless of your specialty or medical training or whether you are in a large hospital or a small clinic, if you work with patients in need of pain management, this complete reference is for you.
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