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Volume 335:904-905 September 19, 1996 Number 12
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Pain Management: Theory and practice

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(Contemporary Neurology Series.) Edited by Russell K. Portenoy and Ronald M. Kanner. 357 pp. Philadelphia, F.A. Davis, 1996. $99. ISBN 0-8036-0171-9.

Pain Management: Theory and Practice is an ambitious attempt to integrate recent advances in pain research and therapy within and across disciplines, with particular emphasis on clinical management. The editors are aware of their daunting task and have invited clinicians with impressive academic credentials to contribute to the book. The aim of the book is to "[empower] clinicians to take a more active role in treating painful disorders and obtaining expert care for patients when this is needed." The emphasis is on treatment. The book has three parts: an introduction, a section on specific pain syndromes, and a review . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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