Product Description: Pain is a complex experience, influenced by many variables. There is currently growing interest in the influence of sex and gender on the experience of pain. The fact that there are sex differences in pain and analgesia is now a well-recognized phenomenon within the field of pain medicine...read more

Product Description: Providers of pain treatment as well as both basic and clinical scientists are alerted in this volume to the potential importance of sex-related factors in the experience of pain. A better understanding of the differences between the sexes will ultimately enhance our ability to diagnose and treat pain disorders of all types...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)