Book description
Chronic pain is a very common problem, impacting on many patients.
Assessment and management can be challenging. The
ABC of Pain
focuses on the pain management issues often encountered in primary
care. Covering major chronic pain presentations, such as musculoskeletal
pain, low back pain and neuropathic pain, the ABC of Pain
also provides guidance on the management of pain in pregnancy,
children, older adults, drug dependency and the terminally ill.
Beginning with an overview of the epidemiology of chronic pain, pain
mechanisms and the assessment of pain, it then provides practical
guidance on interventional procedures and methods of effective pain management.
The ABC of Pain
is a comprehensive, evidence-based reference. It is ideal for GPs,
junior doctors, nurse specialists in primary care, palliative care
specialists, and also hospital and hospice staff managing chronically
and terminally ill patients. Edited byLesley Colvin,
Consultant/ Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine,
Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, University
of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Marie Fallon,
St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine, Edinburgh Cancer
Research Centre (CRUK), Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
