Managaing chronic pain in an age of addiction / Akhtar Purvez, MD ; foreword by John Rowlingson, MD.

Contents Medications that heal, and kill -- The opioid epidemic that is killing us -- On addiction management -- A mystery and a prize -- Complex nature of chronic pain -- Culture of pain -- The stigma of pain -- Chronic pain and depression -- Obesity and chronic pain -- Finding the right specialist -- Searching for the cause of pain -- Fibromyalgia gets real -- Other pain syndromes -- Getting moving : exercise and physical therapy -- Interventional pain management -- Alternative management options -- Marijuana : the mystery drug -- Pain in the court room -- Co-existing with pain -- Toward a painless future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018012053 2018012528
ISBN9781538109236 (cloth : alk. paper)

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