Hogans BB, Barreveld AM, eds. Pain Care Essentials

Abstract

Starting with its title and cover art, this modestly sized paperback combines unusual degrees of innovation, subtlety, and clinical acumen. The co-editors, with respective backgrounds in neurology and anesthesiology, are international leaders in interprofessional (IP) pain education. They co-edit the section on education and training of Pain Medicine. Consistent with their IP perspective, they begin the volume with an obituary of the UK’s Dame Cicely Saunders: “trained first as a nurse, then as a medical social worker, and later as a physician.” Next comes the Foreword by Judy Watt-Watson of Canada, a renowned nurse educator and pioneering architect of IP pain education in North America and worldwide. Thus, its first few pages set the stage for conveying a comprehensive IP approach to pain assessment and treatment. This approach was informed by both co-editors’ longstanding efforts to advance pain education, particularly those by Dr. Hogans at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Both Drs. Hogans and Barreveld continue to teach a broad range of health care trainees in their respective institutions through novel educational curricula and experiential learning.