The Chronic Pain Management Sourcebook is a compassionate and comprehensive look at the management of chronic pain for people with pain and their families. Medical journalist David Drum examines the causes of chronic pain, and lists proven ways to manage it and live with it. Includes practical strategies for coping including meditation, distraction, stress reduction, visualization, social support, hypnosis, dietary changes, exercise and more. This useful and supportive classic look at pain management includes many useful tips for managing chronic benign pain, and a chapter on managing the pain of cancer.