| Foreword | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface to the Second Edition | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Contributors | |
| Introduction: Importance of the Problem | |
| Pain: Historical Perspectives | p. 1 |
| The Neurophysiology of Pain | p. 10 |
| Diagnostic Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Chronic Pain | p. 26 |
| Painful Neurological Syndromes | p. 56 |
| Painful Peripheral Neuropathies | p. 67 |
| Headache | p. 73 |
| Prologue to Chapters 7 and 8 | p. 106 |
| Facial Pain | p. 109 |
| Correlating the Medico Dental Relationship in Diagnosis and Treatment of Craniomandibular Disorders | p. 119 |
| Causalgia and Sympathetic Dystrophy (Sudeck's Atrophy) | p. 135 |
| Joint Pains and Associated Disorders | p. 145 |
| Controversies in Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome | p. 165 |
| Physiatric Approach to Chronic Pain | p. 176 |
| Thermography as a Diagnostic Aid in the Management of Chronic Pain: An Update | p. 202 |
| Role of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nerve Blocks in the Management of Pain | p. 218 |
| The Neurosurgeon's Approach to Pain | p. 229 |
| Chronic Low-Back Pain: Avoiding Common Diagnostic and Therapeutic Errors | p. 238 |
| Back Pain | p. 248 |
| Facts and Fallacies of Spinal Disorders: A Neurosurgeon's Viewpoint | p. 259 |
| Painful Metabolic Bone Disorders | p. 270 |
| Physical Therapy: Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain | p. 285 |
| Acupuncture: A Neuromodulation Technique for Pain Control | p. 291 |
| Relief of Chronic Low-Back Pain: Heat Versus Cold | p. 299 |
| Erectile Dysfunction and Pain in the Male Genitalia | p. 302 |
| Control of Pain Associated with Advanced Malignancy | p. 313 |
| Adjuvant Analgesic Drugs in Cancer Pain Management | p. 340 |
| Chronic Pain in Pediatrics | p. 349 |
| Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain: A Review | p. 358 |
| Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Analgesics and Their Combinations with Opioids | p. 369 |
| Toward the Assessment of Clinical Pain in Adults | p. 384 |
| Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy of the Chronic Pain Syndrome | p. 394 |
| Psychological Aspects of Nonmalignant Chronic Pain: A New Nosology | p. 399 |
| Abnormal Illness Behavior (Dysnosognosia) and the Management of Chronic Nonmalignant Pain | p. 409 |
| Pain Centers: Treatment for Intractable Suffering and Disability Resulting from Chronic Pain | p. 416 |
| Nonpharmacological Approaches to Pain Relief: Hypnosis, Biofeedback and Placebo Effects | p. 430 |
| Behavioral Interventions in the Management of Chronic Pain | p. 440 |
| Alteration in Comfort of Chronic Pain: A Nursing Challenge | p. 455 |
| The Social Worker, Family Systems, and the Chronic Pain Family | p. 465 |
| The Use of Psychological Testing with the Chronic Pain Patient | p. 475 |
| Chronic Low-Back Pain and Disability | p. 484 |
| Ethical Issues in Pain Management | p. 499 |
| The Future of Pain Management | p. 507 |
| Magnetic Resonance and Radiologic Imaging in the Evaluation of Back Pain | p. 522 |
| Index | p. 539 |
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