Manual of Pain Management

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Summary: The One Book To Keep
Review: If I were told that I could only have five books to take with me on a lifelong journey, one of them would be "The Manual of Pain Management." And the other four would be the next four books Fausett and Warfield write.

Rating:
Summary: informative and well written
Review: If I were told that I could only have five books to take with me on a lifelong journey, one of them would be "The Manual of Pain Management." And the other four would be the next four books Fausett and Warfield write.

Rating:
Summary: A Manual for the Clinician and informed Lay-Person
Review: The Manual of Pain Management is the ideal reference guide for the busy clinician who needs a brief synopsis of major pain diagnoses and how to start treating the pain. The chapters are self-contained and provide a basic framework of the diagnosis and treatment of pain complaints. Each chapter was written by an expert in that area.

The manual is organized with descriptions of the most common pain syndromes classified anatomically and by syndrome type. Basic physiologic concepts are also included: required testing, medications, procedures and therapies commonly used for patients.

There are new standards for practice promulgated by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). This book addresses some of the questions a clinician might have.

While the Manual is directed at clinicians, it is surprisingly easily read by the informed lay-person who is trying to wade through much of the often contradictory advice offered by the wealth of pain guidebooks and miracle remedies. Such a broad references is a valuable adjunct to the flood of material available on the internet, and can be of use to help separate the wheat from the chaff. This "ease-of-use" is a result of the number of chapters prepared by practitioners that balances a more research oriented focus of many other works.

Rating:
Summary: A Manual for the Clinician and informed Lay-Person
Review: The Manual of Pain Management is the ideal reference guide for the busy clinician who needs a brief synopsis of major pain diagnoses and how to start treating the pain. The chapters are self-contained and provide a basic framework of the diagnosis and treatment of pain complaints. Each chapter was written by an expert in that area.

The manual is organized with descriptions of the most common pain syndromes classified anatomically and by syndrome type. Basic physiologic concepts are also included: required testing, medications, procedures and therapies commonly used for patients.

There are new standards for practice promulgated by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). This book addresses some of the questions a clinician might have.

While the Manual is directed at clinicians, it is surprisingly easily read by the informed lay-person who is trying to wade through much of the often contradictory advice offered by the wealth of pain guidebooks and miracle remedies. Such a broad references is a valuable adjunct to the flood of material available on the internet, and can be of use to help separate the wheat from the chaff. This "ease-of-use" is a result of the number of chapters prepared by practitioners that balances a more research oriented focus of many other works.

Rating:
Summary: informative and well written
Review: This is a book that is very informative and well written. It has something for the medical student all the way up to a seasoned subspecialist. It's multidisciplinary approach and well illustrated "how to" philosophy make it a must have for any pain library.