Integrative Pain Medicine The Science and Practice of Complementary
This important book fills a need in the developing area of Pain Medicine, providing physicians with an up-to-date resource that would detail the current understanding about the basic science underlying the mechanism of action of the various CAM therapies
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Contemporary Pain Medicine Integrative Pain Medicine: The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management
Series Editor Steven Richeimer, md Director, USC Pain Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Integrative Pain Medicine The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management
Edited by
Joseph F. Audette,
MA, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Spaulding, Massachusetts, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Allison Bailey,
MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Editors Joseph F. Audette Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
Allison Bailey Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
Series Editor Steven Richeimer USC Pain Center University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA
ISBN: 978-1-58829-786-0
e-ISBN: 978-1-59745-344-8
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