The official patient's sourcebook on central pain syndrome

@Team LiB......Page 0
Copyright Notice......Page 3
Acknowledgements......Page 4
About the Editors......Page 5
About ICON Health Publications......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 7
Overview......Page 11
Scope......Page 13
Moving Forward......Page 14
PART I: THE ESSENTIALS......Page 15
Overview......Page 17
What Is Central Pain Syndrome?......Page 18
Selected References......Page 19
More Guideline Sources......Page 20
Vocabulary Builder......Page 24
Associations and Central Pain Syndrome......Page 25
Finding More Associations......Page 27
Finding Doctors......Page 28
Finding a Neurologist......Page 29
Selecting Your Doctor......Page 30
Working with Your Doctor......Page 31
Broader Health-Related Resources......Page 32
PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND
ADVANCED MATERIAL......Page 33
Federally Funded Research on Central Pain Syndrome......Page 35
E-Journals: PubMed Central......Page 36
Vocabulary Builder......Page 37
Book Summaries: Online Booksellers......Page 39
The National Library of Medicine Book Index......Page 40
General Home References......Page 42
Vocabulary Builder......Page 43
Bibliography: Multimedia on Central Pain Syndrome......Page 45
PART III. APPENDICES......Page 47
Food and Nutrition: General Principles......Page 49
Finding Studies on Central Pain Syndrome......Page 54
Federal Resources on Nutrition......Page 56
Vocabulary Builder......Page 57
Preparation......Page 61
Medical Libraries Open to the Public......Page 62
Your Rights as a Patient......Page 69
Patient Responsibilities......Page 73
Choosing an Insurance Plan......Page 74
Medicare and Medicaid......Page 76
NORD’s Medication Assistance Programs......Page 79
Additional Resources......Page 80
A Brief History of Pain......Page 81
The Two Faces of Pain: Acute and Chronic......Page 82
The A to Z of Pain......Page 83
How Is Pain Diagnosed?......Page 89
How Is Pain Treated?......Page 90
What Are the Roles of Age and Gender in Pain?......Page 96
A Pain Primer: What Do We Know about Pain?......Page 97
What Is the Future of Pain Research?......Page 101
Spine Basics: The Vertebrae, Discs, and Spinal Cord......Page 104
The Nervous Systems......Page 105
Information Resources......Page 109
ONLINE GLOSSARIES......Page 111
Online Dictionary Directories......Page 112
CENTRAL PAIN SYNDROME GLOSSARY......Page 113
General Dictionaries and Glossaries......Page 124
INDEX......Page 126