RT Journal A1 Nampiaparampil DE T1 ESsentials of pain medicine JF JAMA JO JAMA YR 2012 FD January 11 VO 307 IS 2 SP 201 OP 202 DO 10.1001/jama.2011.1994 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1994 AB Essentials of Pain Medicine is able to engender that sense of hope in its readers. The editors have assembled an impressive list of 125 authors from academic, government, and private settings across the country. The text is divided into 9 sections: “Basic Considerations,” “Clinical Evaluation and Diagnostic Examinations,” “Pharmacology and Pharmacologic Modalities,” “Therapeutic Interventions,” “Perioperative Pain Management,” “Chronic Pain Syndromes,” “Interventional Techniques for Pain Management,” “Cancer Pain,” and “Nerve Blockade.”