Cancer pain : assessment and management / edited by Eduardo D. Bruera, Russell K. Portenoy.

Drs Eduardo D. Bruera and Russell K. Portenoy have completely revised and updated the widely respected Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management for the second edition of this unanimously praised book. This is a comprehensive, clinically oriented review of all aspects of the complex and multidimensiona...

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Other Authors: Bruera, Eduardo, Portenoy, Russell K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; SECTION I MECHANISMS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; SECTION II EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SYNDROMES; SECTION III ASSESSMENT; SECTION IV PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT; SECTION V OTHER INTERVENTIONAL STRATEGIES; SECTION VI REHABILITATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS; SECTION VII THE ROLE OF ANTINEOPLASTIC THERAPIES IN PAIN CONTROL; SECTION VIII PAIN IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS; SECTION IX DIFFICULT PAIN PROBLEMS; SECTION X SYSTEMS OF CARE; Index