The thoroughly revised, updated Second Edition of this manual is a practical, portable guide to the treatment of chronic pain. Unique in its focus on clinical decision-making, the book provides diagnostic criteria and management protocols for a wide range of painful conditions. This edition features new information on cancer pain, palliative care, fibromyalgia, and myofascial pain and includes more drug tables, algorithms, figures, and pain assessment scales. The modified outline format permits easy information retrieval. (Publisher's Description).