Encyclopedia of Pain

The Encyclopedia of Pain includes more than 3,000 entries and provides clear, detailed and up-to-date coverage of the current state of research, and treatment of pain. In addition, detailed essays provide in-depth information on all aspects of nociception and pain, including substrates, causes, pathophysiology, symptoms and signs, diagnoses and treatment. A thousand color figures enhance understanding of this too-little-understood topic. The book is available in print, in online only form, or in a print-online bundle.

From the reviews:

"Preparing such a mammoth book must have been a massive task. Two editors, 35 section editors and over 500 contributors ... all took part. ... All-in-all, this encyclopedia is an outstandingly useful resource for clinicians and scientists. ... this book could be equally recommended to major medical and neuroscience libraries, most probably in the e-book format. ... This is a resource for the expert: for the neurologist, the dentist, the medical student or the physiotherapist." (Martin Guha, Reference Reviews, Vol. 22 (2), 2008)