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Edited by Michael A. Ashburn and Linda J. Rice. 714 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1998. $95. ISBN 0-443-07679-0.

My favorite medical textbook is Where There Is No Doctor (edited by D. Werner et al. Berkeley, Calif.: Hesperion Foundation, 1992), written originally as a medical bible for paramedics in South American villages. It is short and cheap, but above all, it is clear. The page with drawings of spots is terrific, even though the drawings are in black and white. The index, however, does not include the word "pain" — different cultures, different priorities. The Management of Pain is a big book about acute and chronic pain in developed countries. The 40 chapters cover fundamentals, chronic pain, terminal disease, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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