<ul><b> <li>NEW! Eight new chapters</b> include the latest information on:</li> <ul> <p> <li>the human-animal bond</li> <li>local and regional techniques</li> <li>preventive and multimodal analgesia</li> <li>energy modalities</li> <li>acupuncture</li> <li>physical examination with emphasis on isolating and locating pain</li> <li>therapeutic goals</li> <li>pain in laboratory animals</li> </ul><b> <p> <li>NEW! Completely updated drug information</b>, with new agents, doseforms, and routes provides the most current pain management therapies for use in the clinical setting.</li> <li><b>NEW! Expanded sections on the cat and exotics</b> address the growing popularity of these pets by providing additional species-specific information.</li></ul>