TY - BOOK AU - Holdcroft,Anita AU - Jaggar,Siân Isobel TI - Core topics in pain SN - 9780511544583 (ebook) AV - RB127 .C687 2005 U1 - 616.0472 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Pain KW - Physiological aspects KW - Treatment KW - Analgesia KW - Measurement N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) N2 - Originally published in 2005, Core Topics in Pain provides a comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to this multi-faceted topic. It covers a wide range of issues from the underlying neurobiology, through pain assessment in animals and humans, diagnostic strategies, clinical presentations, pain syndromes, to the many treatment options, for example, physical therapies, drug therapies, psychosocial care and the evidence base for each of these. Written and edited by experts of international renown, the many concise but comprehensive chapters provide the reader with a guide to all aspects of pain. It is an essential book for anaesthetic trainees and is also an invaluable first reference for surgical and nursing staff, ICU professionals, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, psychologists, healthcare managers and researchers with a need for an overview of the key aspects of the topic UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511544583 ER -