Neurophysiologic basis of pain / Pain mechanisms and their importance in clinical practice and research / The placebo effect / The history and clinical examination / Diagnostic imaging and pain management / Assessment of pain / Neurophysiologic testing in pain management / Opioids / Adjuvant treatments / Psychopharmacology for the pain specialist / Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in pain management / Neuromodulation techniques for the treatment of pain / Neurosurgical pain management / Psychological assessment and behavioral treatment of chronic pain / Physical therapy / Physiatric treatment of pain / Acupuncture / Chronic pain rehabilitation / Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceuticals for cancer pain

Postoperative pain in adults / Postoperative pain in children / Pain in burn patients / Pain management in sickle cell disease / Neuropathic pain syndromes / Complex regional pain syndrome / Low back pain / Headache / Orofacial pain / Opioids in chronic nonterminal pain / Pain in Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Pain in adults with cancer / Control of pain in children with chronic and terminal disease / Palliative medicine / Long-term opioid therapy, drug abuse, and addiction / Pain and affective disorders / Emergencies in the pain clinic / Appendices.