Core Topics in Pain

Originally published in 2005, Core Topics in Pain provides a comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to this multi-faceted topic.\n\nIt covers a wide range of issues from the underlying neurobiology, through pain assessment in animals and humans, diagnostic strategies, clinical presentations, pain syndromes, to the many treatment options, for example, physical therapies, drug therapies, psychosocial care and the evidence base for each of these. Written and edited by experts of international renown, the many concise but comprehensive chapters provide the reader with a guide to all aspects of pain. It is an essential book for anaesthetic trainees and is also an invaluable first reference for surgical and nursing staff, ICU professionals, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, psychologists, healthcare managers and researchers with a need for an overview of the key aspects of the topic. Additional ISBNs 0521857783, 0511131259, 0521174171, 9780521857789, 9780511131257, 9780521174176Core Topics in Pain 1st Edition is written by Anita Holdcroft et al and published by Cambridge University Press. ISBNs for Core Topics in Pain are 9780511131257, 0511131259 and the print ISBNs are 9780521857789, 0521857783. Additional ISBNs include 0521857783, 0511131259, 0521174171, 9780521857789, 9780511131257, 9780521174176.