The Massachusetts General Hospital handbook of pain management / / editor, Jane C. Ballantyne ; foreword by Howard L. Fields.

• Author: Massachusetts General Hospital.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ballantyne, Jane, 1948-; Fields, Howard L.; Massachusetts General Hospital.
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, [2006]; 2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: Third edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (652 pages) :; illustrations
• Other title: Handbook of pain management; Pain management; Neurophysiologic basis of pain /; Pain mechanisms and their importance in clinical practice and research /; The placebo effect /; The history and clinical examination /; Diagnostic imaging and pain management /; Assessment of pain /; Neurophysiologic testing in pain management /; Opioids /; Adjuvant treatments /; Psychopharmacology for the pain specialist /; Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in pain management /; Neuromodulation techniques for the treatment of pain /; Neurosurgical pain management /; Psychological assessment and behavioral treatment of chronic pain /; Physical therapy /; Physiatric treatment of pain /; Acupuncture /; Chronic pain rehabilitation /; Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceuticals for cancer pain /; Postoperative pain in adults /; Postoperative pain in children /; Pain in burn patients /; Pain management in sickle cell disease /; Neuropathic pain syndromes /; Complex regional pain syndrome /; Low back pain /; Headache /; Orofacial pain /; Opioids in chronic nonterminal pain /; Pain in Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome /; Pain in adults with cancer /; Control of pain in children with chronic and terminal disease /; Palliative medicine /; Long-term opioid therapy, drug abuse, and addiction /; Pain and affective disorders /; Emergencies in the pain clinic /; Appendices.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0781762243 (alk. paper); 9780781762243
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: editor, Jane C. Ballantyne ; foreword by Howard L. Fields.