Handbook of pain assessment: Edited by D. C. Turk and R. Melzack. New York: Guilford Press, 1992. Price £49.50. 479 pp

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Turk, Melzack, The Measurement of Pain and the Assessment of People Experiencing Pain. Part 1: Measurement of Pain. Jensen, Karoly, Self-Report Scales and Procedures for Assessing Pain in Adults. Melzack, Katz, The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Appraisal and Current Status. Price, Riley, Wade, Psychoohysical Approaches to Measurement of the Dimensions and Stages of Pain. Flor, Psychophysiological Assessment of the Patient with Chronic Pain. McGrath, Gillespie, Pain Assessment in Children and Adolescents. Gagliese, Assessment of Pain in Elderly People. Hadjistravropoulos, van Baeyer, Craig, Pain Assessment in Persons with Limited Ability to Communicate. Part 2: Assessment of the Behavioral Expression of Pain. Craig,Prkachin, Grunau, The Facial Expression of Pain. Keefe, Williams, Smith, Assessment of Pain Behaviors. Part 3: Medical and Physical Evaluation of Patients with Pain. Polatin, Mayer, Quantification of Function in Chronic Low Back Pain. Battie, May, Physical and Occupational Therapy Assessment Approaches. Hogan, Diagnostic Injection. J.P. Robinson, Disability Evaluation in Painful Conditions. Part 4: Psychological Evaluation of Patients with Pain. Sullivan, Assessment of Psychiatric Disorders. Bradley. McKendree-Smith, Assessment of Psychological Status Using Interviews and Self-Report Instruments. DeGood, Tait, Assessment of Pain Beliefs and Pain Coping. Romano, Schmaling, Assessment of Couples and Families with Chronic Pain. Jacob, Kerns, Assessment of Psychosocial Context of the Experience of Chronic Pain. M.E. Robinson, Riley, Presurgical Psychological Screening. Turk, Okifuji, Matching Treatment to Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain. Part 5: Specific Pain States and Syndromes. Haythornthwaite, Fauerbach, Assessment of Acute Pain, Pain Releif, and Pain Satisfaction. Waddell, Turk, Clinical Assessment of Low Back Pain. Andrasik, Assessment of Patients with Headaches. Assessment of Patients with Headaches. S.F. Dworkin, Ohrbach, Assessment of Orofacial Pain. Gerwin, The Diagnosis of Myofacial Pain Syndromes. R.H. Dworkin, Nagasako, Galer, Assessment of Neuropathic Pain. Bruehl, Steger, Harden, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Wesselman, Chronic Pelvic Pain. Anderson, Syrjala, Cleeland, How to Assess Cancer Pain.Part 6: Methodological Issues. Von Korff, Epidemiological and Survey Methods:Assessment of Chronic Pain. S.F Dworkin, Sherman, Relying on Objective and Subjective Measures of Chronic Pain: Guidelines for Use and Interpretation. Okifuji, Turk, Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in Clinical Practice: A Survival Guide. R.H. Dworkin, Nagasako, Hetzel, Farrar, Assessment of Pain and Pain-Realated Quality of Life in Clinical Trials. Jones, The Future of Imaging in Assessment of Chronic Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Conclusion: Turk, Melzack, Trends and Future Directions in Human Pain Assessment.