Cancer Pain Management: A Comprehensive Approach

By: Simpson, Karen H.

Cancer related pain can successfully managed in the majority of patients by the use of medication. Some patients, however, have pain that does not respond to opiods, and require more specialized pain management techniques. Examples of such treatments are nerve blocks, radiotherapy, acupuncture and physiotherapy. This is the first book to provide detailed information on all of the alternative methods of pain management. The editors are experienced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192628771
• ISBN13: 9780192628770
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.6"