Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword: by Donlin Long, MD, PhD, former professor and chairman of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Presently – Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Preface
Chapter 1. Acute versus Chronic Pain
Chapter 2. The Need for a Careful and Thorough History and How to Obtain One
Chapter 3. Statistics and Evidence Based Medicine
Chapter 4. Facial Pain from Various Sources-Diagnoses and Differential Diagnoses
Chapter 5. Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain
Chapter 6. Differential Diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Chapter 7. Neuro-Pharmacology of Chronic Pain
Chapter 8. Medical Tests Used to Diagnose Pain
Chapter 9. Commonly Overused Diagnoses
Chapter 10. Legal Issues
Chapter 11. The Doctor in Court
Chapter 12. Headaches-Migraine versus Muscle Tension versus Dental versus Tumors
Chapter 13. Why Chronic Pain Patients Are Misdiagnosed
Chapter 14. Unusual Causes of Chronic Pain
Chapter 15. How to Evaluate Research Articles on Chronic Pain
Chapter 16. Non-Surgical Chronic Pain Management
Chapter 17. Fraud Detection in Chronic Pain
Chapter 18. Measuring Pain
Chapter 19. Pain Clinics
Chapter 20. Duplicating a Chronic Pain Treatment Center
Chapter 21. Case Studies
Chapter 22. The Economics of Chronic Pain
Index
Review
“Dr. Hendler’s new book addresses the most critical concepts in pain diagnosis and management. He offers a rationale for the use of medication based on the type of tissue damage, which is a novel approach to the pharmacology of pain. It is the most logical system I have encountered. His explanation of the specificity and sensitivity of medical tests will help any physician diagnose patients more accurately. I highly recommend this book for all physicians, nurses, medical students, and anyone else in health care involved with chronic pain.” – Roberto Wenk, MD, anesthesiologist, Argentina´s WHO Focal Point, Cancer Pain Control Program, Member of the Board of Directors, World-Wide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA), and President, Board of Directors, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHP)
“Nelson Hendler’s newest book does an excellent job at explaining why so many people today remain confused about why they still have chronic pain after visiting so many doctors. In his new book, Hendler uses clear exposition and explanatory diagrams to explain the causes of pain, the diagnosis of pain, and the appropriate approach to pain treatment. This book will help the person in chronic pain as well as any physician trying to help understand that patient.” – A. Lee Dellon, MD, PhD, Professor of Plastic Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
“Pain is one of the most important manifestations of illness and is the main symptom what tends to undermine the quality of life. Its mismanagement creates very important physical, psychological and social consequences. Moreover, if we calculate the working days lost, has a relevant economic impact. If these considerations are added to the fact that the most disabling form of pain – chronic – affects about 25-30% of the population and is now considered a problem of high social impact, it is understood how the assistance of this clinical aspect is a real priority. Finding the most functional management model to ensure antalgic cure is not easy and often the process is made more difficult by the high percentage of misdiagnosing. The need to make the notions of diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain easier, clear and easy to apply, finds in this book its perfect expression. In this book Nelson Hendler carries out a careful and scrupulous examination of all clinical-therapeutic aspects of chronic pain, making the notions easy and accessible to both the specialist and the basic physician. It was an honor for me to collaborate with him in an international study on chronic vertebral pain and this allowed me to appreciate its expertise and professionalism, which make him one of the world’s leading experts in this field.” – Alessandro Landi MD, PhD, Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon, Professor of Neurosuregery, University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy
“I came to know Dr. Hendler as a student in the 1970’s, when accurate diagnosis and specific treatment for chronic pain were emphasized, and I thought his approach was enlightened and consistent with the goals of my new profession. As health care delivery has since evolved, however, physician survival in practice has depended increasingly on regulatory compliance, coding (to be distinguished from accurate diagnosis) and business concerns, rather than critical scientific and clinical judgment. However, the traditional professional values are not only in the best interests of patients and the public health, but also cost-effective. This new book reminds us that these ideas can and should be maintained, refined and pursued anew.” – Richard B. North, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (retired); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; President, The Neuromodulation Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, MD
“Dr. Nelson Hendler and I have work together for many years and he has a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment. I have found over the years that poor and/or missed Diagnosis is the rule not the Exception. Currently, the most common way of handling patients is time related and dealing with the major symptom. Therefore, the current mode is to diagnosis and treat as if all individuals with similar symptoms are the same. Dr. Hendler understands that this is not the case. Each individual is unique and must be Diagnosed and treated as an individual. History and examinations must take in all symptoms. All of Dr. Hendler’s books reflect this point of view and are intended to get to the bottom of the causes and find the proper treatment.” – Dennis E. Spurgin, DC, Former Dean of Chiropractic Education and Clinical Training, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (a division of Southern California University of Health Sciences)
Click here to read the book review by – Tom Vesper, Esq., trial lawyer in Atlantic City, New Jersey
The book will be of great value to medical students, nursing students, physical therapy student, law students, chiropractic students, and to practicing physicians, especially neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons, nurses, physical therapist, physician assistants, nurse case managers at insurance companies, Third Party Administrators, trial lawyers, self insured companies
