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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778407203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-107-21095-X

0-511-70028-8

0-511-64184-2

0-511-63940-6

0-511-63833-7

0-511-64235-0

0-511-64048-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 643 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

616.99/4

Soggetti

Cancer pain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 multidimensional problem of cancer pain. The unique characteristics of cancer pain, including pathophysiology, clinical assessment, diagnosis, and pharmacological and nonpharmacological management are all discussed here in detail. Internationally recognized



leaders in cancer pain research have contributed to many new chapters, including neuraxial analgesia, hospice and institution-based palliative care programs, bone pain, and cancer pain and palliative care in the developing world. Cancer Pain continues to be a scholarly but accessible text that is an essential resource for physicians, nurses, and medical students who treat suffering from cancer pain.