1. Acute and postoperative pain / Michael Cousins and Ian Power -- 2. Osteoarthritis / Paul Creamer -- 3. Rheumatoid arthritis / Malcolm I. V. Jayson -- 4. Muscles, tendons and ligaments / Dianne J. Newham and Kerry R. Mills -- 5. Chronic back pain / Donlin M. Long -- 6. Upper extremity pain / Anders E. Sola -- 7. Fibromyalgia / Robert Bennett -- 8. Abdominal pain / Laurence M. Blendis -- 9. Heart, vascular and haemopathic pain / Paolo Procacci, Massimo Zoppi and Marco Maresca -- 10. Chronic pelvic pain / Andrea J. Rapkin and Julie A. Jolin -- 11. Obstetric pain / John S. McDonald and Carl R. Noback -- 12. Genitourinary pain / Ursula Wesselmann and Arthur L. Burnett -- 13. Orofacial pain / Yair Sharav -- 14. Trigeminal, eye and ear pain / Joanna M. Zakrzewska -- 15. Headache / Jean Schoenen and Peter S. Sandor -- 16. Postamputation pain / Lone Nikolajsen and Troels Staehelin Jensen -- 17. Peripheral neuropathies / J. W. Scadding -- 18. Complex regional pain syndrome / J. W. Scadding -- 19. Nerve root disorders and arachnoiditis / David Dubuisson -- 20. Central pain / Jorgen Boivie -- 21. Spinal cord injury / Aleksandar Beric -- 22. Antipyretic analgesics / Kay Brune and Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer -- 23. Psychotropic drugs / Richard Monks and Harold Merskey -- 24. Opioids / Catherine Sweeney and Eduardo Bruera -- 25. Local anaesthetics and epidurals / H. J. McQuay and R. A. Moore -- 26. Atypical analgesic drugs and sympathetic blockers / C. A. Chong, R. Munglani and R. G. Hill -- 27. Disc surgery / Bo Salen and Erik Spangfort -- 28. Orthopaedic surgery / Robert F. McLain and James N. Weinstein -- 29. Central neurosurgery / Jan M. Gybels and Ron R. Tasker -- 30. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation / Per Hansson and Thomas Lundeberg -- 31. Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, laser, superficial heat and cold in the treatment of pain / Justus F. Lehmann and Barbara J. de Lateur -- 32. Mobilization, manipulation, massage and exercise for the relief of musculoskeletal pain / Scott Haldeman and Paul D. Hooper -- 33. The placebo and the placebo response / Patrick D. Wall -- 34. Relaxation and biofeedback / Vivienne X. Gallegos -- 35. Hypnotic analgesia / Ann Gamsa -- 36. A cognitive-behavioral approach to pain management / Dennis C. Turk and Akiko Okifuji -- 37. Pain in children / Charles B. Berde and Bruce Masek -- 38. Pain in the elderly / Lucia Gagliese and Ronald Melzack -- 39. Sex and gender differences in pain / Anita Holdcroft and Karen J. Berkley -- 40. Peripheral neuropathic pain: an approach to management / Howard L. Fields -- 41. Pain of burns / Manon Choiniere -- 42. Cancer pain syndromes / Nathan I. Cherny -- 43. The management of cancer pain / Nathan I. Cherny -- 44. Cancer pain and palliative care in children / Charles B. Berde and John J. Collins -- 45. Cancer pain and AIDS-related pain: psychiatric and ethical issues / William Breitbart, Steven D. Passik and Barry D. Rosenfeld -- 46. Pain and impending death / Cicely Saunders and Michael Platt.