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Pediatric Pain: Biological and Social Context. Progress in Pain Research and Management, volume 26

Patrick J. McGrath, G. Allen Finley (Eds). IASP Secretariat, 2003. 225 pages. Retail price $76.00 (US), IASP member price $57.00 (US). ISBN 0-931092-49-3

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This is a first-class book if you have any interest in pediatric pain management. It is not as entertaining as the conference was, but the authors of the different chapters have taken the opportunity to expand upon the topics that they presented at the conference itself. Thus, the end result is an excellent reference manual. The International Fora on Pediatric Pain, of which this was the fourth, have been an excellent series of meetings bringing a group of reasonable size together in a very pleasant setting every other year to discuss practical and theoretical aspects of pediatric pain management and research.

This volume effectively presents the wide range of topics that was covered. It begins with experimental animal work about the physiological impact of pain on the developing organism, proceeds to the impact of pain on behaviours such as self regulation, genetic tools for study, social development, family factors, the impact of chronic illness and pain, social influences, and finally regulatory policies and the availability of opioids for children.

Canadian authors are well represented, with research groups from UBC, Dalhousie, McGill and the University of Saskatchewan. Speakers from the USA, especially the dynamic group at Little Rock Arkansas headed by KJS Anand, and Uppsala University, Sweden added to the International roster. The 5th International Forum is this fall- join the group.

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