Raj's Practical Management of Pain, 4th Edition

By Honorio T. Benzon, MD, James P. Rathmell, MD, Christopher L. Wu, MD, Dennis C. Turk and Charles E. Argoff, MD,1344 pages 1500 ills
Trim size 8 1/2 X 10 7/8 in,Copyright 2008

 Table of Contents

Part I: General Considerations (H.T. Benzon and J. Rathmell, editors)
1. The History of Pain Medicine, Winston C.V. Parris and Benjamin Johnson
2. Taxonomy and Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes, Harold Merskey
3. Organizing an Inpatient Acute Pain Management Service, Beth M. Minzter and Alex Cahana
4. Pain Medicine Practice: Development of Outpatient Services for Chronic Pain, David Walega
5. Health Care Policy, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety in Pain Medicine Practice, Douglas G. Merrill
6. Education, Training, and Certification in Pain Medicine, James P. Rathmell and David L. Brown
Part II. Basic Considerations (D. Turk and C. Argoff, editors)
7. Pain Pathways: Peripheral, Spinal, Ascending, and Descending Pathways, Karin N. Westlund High
8. A Review of Pain-Processing Pharmacology, Tony L. Yaksh
9. Pain and Brain Changes, A.V. Apkarian
Part III. Evaluation and Assessment (C. Argoff and J. Rathmell, editors)
10. History and Physical Examination of the Pain Patient, Irfan Lalani and Charles E. Argoff
11. Electromyography and Evoked Potentials, Bernard M. Abrams and Howard J. Waldman
12. Radiologic Assessment of the Patient with Spine Pain, Timothy P. Maus
13. Psychological and Behavioral Assessment, Alicia Heapy and Robert D. Kerns
Part IV. Clinical Conditions (H.T. Benzon and C. Wu, editors)