Pain Management: Textbooks

Addresses issues to enhance pain management nurses need to advocate for effective pain treatment in the elderly

Provides an interdisciplinary overview of medications used to treat chronic pain, specifically the benefits and risks that are posed by long-term opioids use.

Proposes evidence-based alternatives to current options in pain management, using well-grounded rationales for each given treatment.

Combines the scientific underpinnings of pain with clinical management. Discusses a variety of pain conditions--including neuropathic pain, pain due to cancer, and acute pain situations--for adults as well as children.

Provides pain treatment strategies that have been effectively employed over the years as well as the newest trends and treatment in pain care. Covers cannabinoids in pain care, novel therapeutics in pain medicine, and integrative care in pain management. Discusses relevant basic science, psychological aspects of pain care, opioids and practice guidelines, geriatric pain management, and future research in the field.

Helps you prevent, diagnose, and treat a wide range of musculoskeletal disorders, pain syndromes, and chronic disabling conditions in day-to-day patient care.