Pain Psychology Evaluation Ravi Prasad Desiree Azizoddin Amir Ramezani Biopsychosocial approaches posit that biologic, psychological, and social factors interact to shape the overall experience of pain.1 This relationship is exemplified…
Electrodiagnosis in Pain Medicine Nathan J. Rudin To effectively treat acute and chronic pain, the clinician must understand its causes. Electrodiagnostic testing (EDX) can significantly improve that understanding. It complements…
Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Patient Gordon Irving Pamela Squire Introduction Pain, as every textbook will report, is a warning system designed to protect our bodies from injury. To do…
Transdermal Pain: A Sociocultural Perspective David B. Morris “Chronic pain is a transdermal phenomenon and the environment is always a player in the chronic pain patient’s predicament.” —J. D. Loeser1…
Litigation Involving Pain Management Ben A. Rich In recent decades, issues arising in the context of pain management have increasingly been raised in the context of law and public policy….
Ethical Issues in the Care of Dying Patients David Barnard Introduction THE QUEST FOR MORAL ORDER AMID EXISTENTIAL DISORDER To the dying person, his doctor, however much he is trusted…
Laws and Policies Affecting Pain Management in the United States Aaron M. Gilson James F. Cleary Introduction PREVALENCE OF UNRELIEVED PAIN IS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM In The Mystery of…
Ethical Issues in Pain Management Ben A. Rich The fourth edition of this book was the first to include chapters specifically addressing the ethical dimensions of pain management. This is…
Clinical Trials Roger Chou Richard A. Deyo Controversies abound in the clinical management of pain, and there are enormous geographic variations in care. Lumbar spine surgery rates historically vary fivefold…
Individual Differences in Pain: The Roles of Gender, Ethnicity, and Genetics Roger B. Fillingim The experience of pain is characterized by tremendous interindividual variability.1 Indeed, similar injuries, disease states, or…
