Grading Key ★★★★★ = outstanding; ★★★★ = excellent; ★★★ = good; ★★ = fair; ★ = poor. Book Review © 2005 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Pain Management for Primary Care Clinicians, edited by Arthur G. Lipman, 372 pp, with illus, $70, 7272 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814, American Society of Health-Sys- tem Pharmacists (telephone: 301-657-4383), 2004, ISBN 1- 58528-102-6 Type and Scope of Book: A multiauthored text on pain management for primary care physicians. Contents: This well-written text provides a general overview of pain medicine. It strives to provide busy primary care clinicians with useful information for the care of patients with acute, chronic, or cancer pain. The material will also facilitate referrals to and collaboration with pain specialists. The book appropriately emphasizes the biopsychosocial model of pain and the team approach required for successful treatment. Indi- vidual chapters address the unique needs of pediatric and geriatric patients. The book focuses primarily on pharmaco- logical treatment of pain. Injection therapy, interventional pain medicine, and acupuncture are not covered. Strengths: The emphasis on brevity will be attractive to read- ers struggling to keep up in their busy practices. The chapter on arthritis provides useful treatment algorithms and is quite good, as is the concluding chapter on evaluating clinical studies. Deficiencies: The book necessarily lacks comprehensiveness. Several common pain problems encountered by primary care clinicians are omitted, such as herpes zoster and diabetic neuropathy. Recent controversies surrounding OxyContin or the cardiovascular side effects of cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors are not discussed. Recommended Readership: The book is intended for general- ists involved in primary care, including internists, family medicine physicians, advanced practice nurses, and pharmacists. Overall Grading: ★★★★ David P. Martin, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn

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Grading Key★★★★★ = outstanding; ★★★★ = excellent; ★★★ = good;★★ = fair; ★ = poor.

Book Review

Pain Management for Primary Care Clinicians, edited byArthur G. Lipman, 372 pp, with illus, $70, 7272 WisconsinAve, Bethesda, MD 20814, American Society of Health-Sys-tem Pharmacists (telephone: 301-657-4383), 2004, ISBN 1-58528-102-6

Type and Scope of Book: A multiauthored text on pain man-agement for primary care physicians.Contents: This well-written text provides a general overviewof pain medicine. It strives to provide busy primary careclinicians with useful information for the care of patients withacute, chronic, or cancer pain. The material will also facilitatereferrals to and collaboration with pain specialists. The bookappropriately emphasizes the biopsychosocial model of painand the team approach required for successful treatment. Indi-vidual chapters address the unique needs of pediatric andgeriatric patients. The book focuses primarily on pharmaco-logical treatment of pain. Injection therapy, interventionalpain medicine, and acupuncture are not covered.�Strengths: The emphasis on brevity will be attractive to read-ers struggling to keep up in their busy practices. The chapter onarthritis provides useful treatment algorithms and is quite good,as is the concluding chapter on evaluating clinical studies.�Deficiencies: The book necessarily lacks comprehensiveness.Several common pain problems encountered by primary careclinicians are omitted, such as herpes zoster and diabeticneuropathy. Recent controversies surrounding OxyContin orthe cardiovascular side effects of cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitorsare not discussed.Recommended Readership: The book is intended for general-ists involved in primary care, including internists, family medi-cine physicians, advanced practice nurses, and pharmacists.Overall Grading: ��

David P. Martin, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology,Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn