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Second edition. Edited by Steven D. Waldman. 754 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2001. $150. ISBN 0-7216-8748-2.

Intervention for pain is an extremely important subject because of the many patients with chronic pain and the frequency with which interventions for pain are performed. New procedures are regularly introduced, often without sufficient documentation of their value, and traditional procedures continue to be used without sufficient documentation of their lasting value. This book, which is a compilation of opinions and descriptions of techniques from a large group of experts in pain management, is an extremely important addition to the field.

The book begins with a theory that is meant to explain pain as a human process and that is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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