This is a volume that could and should become part of the reading list for trainee anesthesiologists and anesthetists ... [it] is a valuable book for addressing a critical component of preoperative management of the patient with chronic pain ... [and] complements standard anesthesiology texts on the preoperative preparation of surgical patients.
Heath B. McAnally, MD, MSPH, Medical Director, Northern Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Eagle River, Alaska and Clinical Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington. Lyn Freeman, PhD, Owner, Mind Matters Research and Director of Integrative Medicine, Alaska Regional Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska. Beth Darnall, PhD, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of
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