The textbook of pain is everything someone needs to start the study of the complex and fascinating phenomenon that is pain. Of course after reading it you will have to read many more scientific papers, to be able to work in pain research, but the book provides the guidelines for your study and helps you select the topic(s) you would like to work on. The book has a very high scientific level given by the authors and editors wich are all respected members of the scientific community. I can only recommend the Textbook of Pain to anyone interested in this field.

This is a very informative and useful book. The reader is given many useful techniques in dealing with chronic pain. It doesn't have all the answers but it does not claim to either.

It starts off by telling the reader not to read the book form cover to cover but to dip into the more useful areas first - such as relaxation and coping with pain. I did this initially and found it so useful that I then read the whole book.

Anyone who suffers with pain should consider reading this and keeping it as a good reference book.