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Dedicated to neuroscience pioneer Camillo Golgi, this volume discusses new findings concerning the biological basis of neurotransmission and pain processing and control. Topics include acute postoperative pain service models; guidelines for ethical decisions in terminal illness; opioids in the treatment of cancer pain; the use of regional anaesthesia and fast track in postoperative functional pain management; PET-scan and electrophyiological assessment of neuromodulation procedures for pain control; visceral pain mechanisms; consciousness and pain; the involvement of the brainstem reticular formation in pain processing; and physiological versus pathological pain. The majority of contributors are affiliated with the universities of Siena, Chieti, and Trieste in Italy; others represent university hospitals and institutes in Germany, France, and the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
