Description
Book SynopsisChronic 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.
Table of ContentsContributors vii
Preface ix
1 Epidemiology of Chronic Pain 1
Blair H Smith and Nicola Torrance
2 Pain Mechanisms 5
Carole Torsney and Susan Fleetwood-Walker
3 Evaluation of the Patient in Pain 11
Dennis C Turk and Kimberly S Swanson
4 Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain 16
Paul Dieppe
5 Management of Low Back Pain 20
James Campbell and Lesley A Colvin
6 Neuropathic Pain 25
Lesley A Colvin and Suzanne Carty
7 Visceral Pain 31
James Maybin and Michael G Serpell
8 Post-surgical Pain 37
Susan Nimmo and Lesley Dickson
9 Headache and Orofacial Pain 42
Anne MacGregor and Joanna M Zakrzewska
10 Cancer Pain 48
Marie Fallon
11 Treating Pain in Patients with Drug-dependence Problems 54
Jane C Ballantyne
12 Pain in Children 60
Suellen M Walker
13 Pain in Older Adults 65
Debra K Weiner
14 Pain in Pregnancy 69
George R Harrison
15 Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain 73
David Gillanders
16 Interventional Procedures in Pain Management 79
Dominic Hegarty and Damian Murphy
17 The Role of Physiotherapy in Pain Management 86
Paul J Watson
18 The Role of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Pain Management 91
Mark I Johnson
19 Complementary and Alternative Strategies 99
Margaret Cullen and Fiona MacPherson
20 Opioids in Chronic Non-malignant Pain 103
Eija Kalso
Index 109
