Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management (Current Clinical Practice)

Patients with chronic pain present a unique set of challenges to the primary care clinician. In Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management, Second Edition, leading pain specialist Dawn A. Marcus, MD, again offers practical, clear, and succinct evidence-based approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of the myriad painful conditions clinicians see in their offices every day, such as headache, back pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and abdominal pain. Sections addressing pain management in children, pregnant women, and seniors are also included. This new edition is designed to provide a pragmatic approach to assessing and treating the complex issues and characteristics of chronic pain patients. New chapters expand upon the evidence-based recommendations and practical office tools previously provided, with the addition of new chapters addressing risk management; pain syndromes in the shoulder, upper extremity, and lower extremity; and cancer and end-of-life pain. Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management, Second Edition provides strategies and techniques that are designed to improve the confidence with which the primary care physician can approach patients with complex pain complaints, reduce staff stress, and improve patient success.Written by authorities in Internal Medicine, Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management (Current Clinical Practice) by Dawn Marcus provides an excellent foundation for Internal Medicine studies. Dawn Marcus's style is excellently suited towards Internal Medicine studies, and will teach students the material clearly without overcomplicating the subject. What's more, the text is available in the Hardcover format shown above (ISBN 9781603274647), as well as a number of other formats. As of December 2008, this revision raises the bar for Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management (Current Clinical Practice)'s high standard of excellence, making sure that it stays one of the foremost Internal Medicine studies textbooks