Pain Medicine: A Comprehensive Review, 2e [Paperback]

P. Prithvi Raj (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0323014704 | ISBN-13: 978-0323014700 | Edition: 2

Here's a quick, focused review of all of the core knowledge in pain medicine. Based upon Dr. Raj's PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF PAIN, 3rd Edition, it presents concise outline summaries of the most important concepts in the field, including anatomy and physiology · symptoms · acute and chronic pain syndromes · evaluation and investigation of pain patients · treatment modalities · special situations · and more. Board-style review questions, with answers, test readers' mastery of the material in each chapter. And, a new, comprehensive exam at the end of the book enables readers to assess their overall grasp of the subject matter.

• Features contributions from many new authors, presenting fresh perspectives on every area of pain management.
  
• Covers hot topics such as acute pain · trauma pain · cancer pain · interventional techniques · diagnostic tools for pain management · palliative care · and economics of pain medicine.
  
• Encompasses all of the content covered in the pain management certification and recertification exams.
  
• Offers new suggested reading lists for more in-depth study.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

P. Prithvi Raj, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Co-Director of Pain Services, Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine, International Pain Institute, Lubbock, TX

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 2 edition (February 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323014704
• ISBN-13: 978-0323014700
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars don't buy this book!!!!!!, September 4, 2004

By 

Sean M. Conroy - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Pain Medicine: A Comprehensive Review, 2e (Paperback)

unless you enjoy editing a book you PAID for, get something else! I'm sitting here 1 week before my test completeing the questions section and finding errors in about 1 in 4 to 5 questions. The answers are wrong based on 1. common medical knowledge 2. direct contradiction to info in the book. 3. direct contradiction to current pain text books 4. sometimes, answers aren't even given (a through d are possible choicesa and e is listed as the answer ina 'choose one format').
As a veteran of US medical examination process including all USMLE exams and anesthesia written and orla boards, I can tell you this is the worst reveiw book I've ever encountered. There are also typo's throughout the text- sentence fragments, etc. Get something else to help you prepare for this board. Dr. Raj obviously doesn't care about his reputation or he wouldn't put his name on such a piece of junk!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stick with the older edition, August 29, 2004

By 

Muhammad A. Munir - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Pain Medicine: A Comprehensive Review, 2e (Paperback)

The quality of the text has remarkably gone down from the original first edition. It appears that non-medical staff have summarized the Big Raj Pain Text into this small useless book. There is no conceptulization for the novice and no review aspect for people preparing for pain boards. I would strongly recommend to stick with the older "orange" edition or consider "Hand Book of Pain Management" by Wall and Melzack.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars suprisingly DISAPPOINTED, April 7, 2004

By A Customer

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Pain Medicine: A Comprehensive Review, 2e (Paperback)

As a non- pain specialist, i wanted a source of information that would provide useful for clinical practice rather than having to wade through a definitive text. I continually found myself with inadequate depth compared with what i had learned from other texts' chapters OR EVEN information remembered from medical school. It left me continually wanting and was a waste of my time and money. i would recommend the MGH of pain as a source that answered my questions adequately.