This new, clinically oriented reference provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of interdisciplinary pain management. It delivers concise, yet comprehensive coverage of pathophysiology, diagnosis, and clinical management of acute pain, chronic benign pain, and cancer pain in adults and children.Focuses on key concepts and essential information Includessummaries of the most criticl points of each particular pain syndromeCovers rarely addressed issues essential to pain management such as nociception, the pain-oriented neurological examination, organisation and reimbursement issues and pain and health care policy Reflects the modern, interdisceplinary, anesthesiology-driven approach to the subjectFeatures a broad scope that enables it to be used as both an accessible reference source and as a review text for broad certification.