Author: DOSTROVSKY, Jonathan, O. & CARR, Daniel, B. &KOLTZENBURG, Martin. eds.
Title: Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Pain: Progress in Pain Research and Management : Volume 24.
Description: International Association for the Study of Pain ( IASP) Press, 2003. Hardcover. This publication of proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Pain, has 69 chapters which represent the very best of 1752 presentations, workshops, or research papers at a large meeting. It provides an overview of selected pain topics that addresses important developments in both basic research and clinical studies. Included are discourses on broad topics such as ethical issues, the impact of the digital information age on pain treatment, the key role of evidence-based methods in developing and appraising treatment approaches, pain in special populations, and the interaction of government and health-care entities in treating pain. Other chapters review recent progress in the study of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions, central sensitization, the role of genetics in pain perception and treatment, and epidemiological aspects of pain study. Very good condition in dj. Includes B/W photos, illustrations & figures t/out text, bibliographical references and index. 937pp. ISBN 9780931092466.

Keywords: pain topics research clinical studies ethical issues treatment evidence-based methods government pharmacological nonpharmacological interventions sensitization genetics perception epidemiological pathophysiology nociceptors degeneration visceral synaptic