INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The focus of the ethics literature regarding pain management has shifted from issues related to the treatment of patients experiencing terminal pain to the concept of…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The measurement of health is central to the evaluation of health care. Until the first part of the 20th century, health was defined as the absence…
PHYSICAL MODALITIES Print Section Listen Modalities are commonly used to produce a response in tissues and include heat, water, cold, sound, and electricity. These modalities should not be used as…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen There has been growing interest in the West about the application of acupuncture to control pain since President Nixon’s well-publicized trip to China in 1971. The…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The objectives of this chapter are to review the literature for articles about skilled therapy services applied to treat painful conditions; report primary outcomes of therapy…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The physician treating either pain or sleep disorders is familiar with the comorbidity of complaints in the two domains. Inasmuch as sleep disturbances and pain each…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen A well-managed pain management center is more than an economically successful pain clinic; it also provides high-quality multidisciplinary care that meets the changing needs of today’s…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In this chapter we will discuss the role of various factors associated with particular lifestyle choices in the management of chronic pain. Lifestyle choices will be…
NOTE Print Section Listen * This chapter is dedicated to the memory of our dear colleague Howard Smith who was a trusted friend, a renaissance clinician trained in multiple fields…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Destructive interventions on the nervous system are a valuable method to obtain control of otherwise intractable pain. Before the relatively recent development of augmentative techniques, such…
