EBOOK Pain and Chemical Dependency

Both pain and addiction are tremendous public health problems. Practitioners of        every stripe say that they learned precious little about pain or addiction in their        training and readily admit that instruction on the interface of pain and addiction        is nonexistent. The recent problem of prescription drug abuse has only served to        highlight the fact that these two worlds need unificationthose who treat pain must        be informed about the risks of controlled substances and those who treat addiction        need to better and more fully understand their benefits. Nowhere is the pooled        knowledge of pain management and addiction medicine brought together to allow for a        greater appreciation of the risks of addiction when treating people with pain and        the pain problems of those with chemical dependency. This major new volume brings        this vast knowledge base together, presenting an array of perspectives by the        foremost thought leaders at the interface of pain and chemical dependency, and is        the most comprehensive resource on the subject to date.There have been an increasing        number of seminars devoted to this topic and a new society, The International        Society on Pain and Chemical Dependency, has recently been formed, and this volume        is destined to become the classic text on this multidisciplinary subject. It will        appeal to anesthesiologists, neurologists, rehab physicians, palliative care staff,        pain center physicians, and psychologists.