Pain is a common presentation and this brand new title in the ABC series focuses on the pain management issues most often encountered in primary care. It covers all the chronic pain presentations in primary care right through to tertiary and palliative care and includes guidance on pain management in special groups such as pregnancy, children, the elderly and the terminally ill. It covers new findings on the effectiveness of interventions and includes the progression to acute pain and appropriate pharmacological management, and features pain assessment, epidemiology and the evidence base in a truly comprehensive reference.