Largely reorganised and much expanded in this second edition, Practice and Procedures brings together in a single volume general methods of pain assessment and presents the wide range of therapies that can be provided by a range of health care disciplines. Authored by a multidisciplinary team of experts, chapters can stand alone for readers looking for a general overview of the methods of techniques for pain management available to them or work to complement chapters in the preceeding three volumes, providing practical procedures and applications in the management of acute, chronic and cancer pain. The book is divided into three parts.

PART I PRINCIPLES OF MEASUREMENT AND DIAGNOSIS 1 History-taking and examination of the patient with chronic pain - Paul R Nandi and Toby Newton-John 2 Practical methods for pain intensity measurements - William I Campbell and Kevin E Vowles 3 Selecting and applying pain measures - Johannes van der Merwe and Amanda C de C Williams 4 Sensory testing and clinical neurophysiology - Ellen Ja rum and Lars Arendt-Nielsen 5 Pharmacological diagnostic tests - Andrew P Baranowski and Natasha C Curran 6 The role of biochemistry and serology in pain diagnosis - Hilde Berner Hammer 7 Diagnostic algorithms for painful peripheral neuropathy - David Bennett 8 Novel imaging techniques - Michael Lee and Irene Tracey PART II THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOLS 9 After assessment, then what? Integrating findings for successful case formulation and treatment tailoring - Steven J Linton and Michael K Nicholas Section A: Pharmacological therapies 10 Treatment protocols for opioids in chronic nonmalignant pain - Harald Breivik 11 Subcutaneous drug infusion protocols for the control of cancer pain - 12 Antiepileptics, antidepressants and local anesthetic drugs - Harald Breivik and Andrew SC Rice Section B: Psychological techniques 13 Self-regulation skills training for adults, including relaxation - David Spiegel 14 Biofeedback - Frank Andrasik and Herta Flor 15 Contextual cognitive behavioural therapy - Lance M McCracken 16 Graded exposure in vivo for pain-related fear - Johan WS Vlaeyen, Jeroen de Jong, Peter HTH Heuts and Geert Crombez Section C: Physical therapy and rehabilitation protocols 17 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation - Timothy P Nash 18 Acupuncture - Mike Cummings