The first edition was published in 2003; this second edition is substantially revised and updated. Bruera (U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center) and Portenoy (Beth Israel Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine) maintain the goals of supporting better understanding of pain and pain management, and improvement of care and access to care. Their preface emphasizes the continuing global rise of the disease and the "poor assessment, undertreatment, and problems with drug availability...that compromise best practice" in both the developed and developing worlds. Thirty-four contributed chapters address various aspects of such topics as pain mechanisms and epidemiology, syndromes, assessment, pharmacological treatment, other interventional strategies (neural blockade, neurosurgical treatment), psychological interventions, antineoplastic therapies, and special populations (children, the elderly, chemically dependent patients). Depression, and neuropathic, breakthrough, and bone pain are addressed, followed by chapters on systems of care: hospice, ethical & legal aspects, clinical trials, family caregivers, and palliative care in the developing world. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Drs. Eduardo D. Bruera and Russell K. Portenoy have completely revised and updated the widely respected Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management for the second edition of this unanimously praised book. This is a comprehensive, clinically oriented review of all aspects of the complex and multidimensional problem of cancer pain. The unique characteristics of cancer pain, including pathophysiology, clinical assessment, diagnosis, and pharmacological and nonpharmacological management are all discussed here in detail. Internationally recognized leaders in cancer pain research have contributed to many new chapters, including neuraxial analgesia, hospice and institution-based palliative care programs, bone pain, and cancer pain and palliative care in the developing world. Cancer Pain continues to be a scholarly but accessible text that is an essential resource for physicians, nurses, and medical students who treat suffering from cancer pain. Per the New England Journal of Medicine, "This book should be in the library of every physician who comes into contact with patients with pain. It is truly superb."
This is the second edition of the widely praised book by Drs Eduardo D. Bruera and Russell K. Portenoy on all aspects of cancer pain.
