Fast Facts Chronic and Cancer Pain - Couverture souple

Cousins, Michael J; Gallagher, Rollin M

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905832850 ISBN 13 : 9781905832859

Editeur : Health Press Limited, 2011

Synopsis

Chronic (persistent) pain is now recognized as a disease entity, with a broad range of physical, psychological and environmental maladaptions involving the peripheral and central nervous systems. All healthcare professionals, regardless of specialty, will care for patients with pain that has persisted for more than 6 months. The authors of Fast Facts: Chronic Pain and Cancer Pain - renowned experts in pain medicine - say that this book is aimed primarily at "the wide range of busy healthcare professionals who are well aware that they have experienced little or no education and training to help them manage patients with chronic pain". First Prize winner for Neurology in the 2012 BMA Book Awards, this colorful easy-to-read, yet evidence-packed, book provides a perfect overview to bring a reader up to speed with this vitally important area of pain management.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Chronic (persistent) pain is now recognized as a disease entity, with a broad range of physical, psychological and environmental maladaptions involving the peripheral and central nervous systems. All healthcare professionals, regardless of specialty, will care for patients with pain that has persisted for more than 6 months. Contents: Definitions and mechanisms; Assessment of pain; Trigeminal neuralgia; Complex regional pain syndrome; Diabetic and postherpetic neuropathic pain; Central pain; Persistent postsurgical pain; Cancer pain; Musculoskeletal pain; Visceral pain; Headache; the multidisciplinary approach and developments in pain management. The authors of Fast Facts: Chronic and Cancer Pain renowned experts in pain medicine say that this book is aimed primarily at the wide range of busy healthcare professionals who are well aware that they have experienced little or no education and training to help them manage patients with chronic pain . This colorful easy-to-read, yet evidence-packed, book provides a perfect overview to bring a reader up to speed with this vitally important area of pain management.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael J Cousins AM MD DSc FFPMANZCA FRCA FANZA FAChPM(RACP) Professor and Head of Pain Management Research Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, University if Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and Rollin M Gallagher MD MPH DABPM FAAPM FAPA Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology and Director for Pain Policy Research and Primary Care, Penn Pain Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Deputy National Program Director for Pain Management' Veterans Health Administration and Pain Service, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Health Press Limited
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905832850
• ISBN 13: 9781905832859
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible