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ELSEVIER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Pain: Best Practice & Research Compendium 1e by Edited by Harald Breivik Edited by Michael Shipley
This prestigious text offers the most up-to-date advice on the assessment and treatment of pain. Derived from the highly acclaimed journals Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology and Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology this fully updated volume discusses the basic principles of pain its diagnosis the recognition of red flags indicating a greater risk of serious causes and yellow flags indicating a greater risk of developing more chronic pain and the evidence-based management of a variety of conditions. Illustrated throughout the book draws upon the expertise of some of the Worlds leading experts in the field providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of pain.Full reference to the latest clinical researchNew chapters on limb pain and Science and psychology of painCochrane Reviews when relevantboxed and bulleted Research Agenda and Practice PointsReference to national and international guidelinesshow more