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upon the scientific evidence and clinical practice of acute pain management that is the subject
of this volume. The dedicated efforts of Dr Macintyre and colleagues to summarise the
scientific evidence on acute pain management play an important role in shaping pain‐related
practice and policy worldwide. All those who care for patients or family members in pain, or
who may one day suffer pain themselves, are in their debt.
FOREWORD
Michael J Cousins AM Daniel B Carr
MB BS MD DSc FRCA FANZCA FFPMANZCA FAChPM (RACP) MD DABPM FFPMANZCA (Hon)
Professor and Director Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research
Pain Management Research Institute Department of Anesthesia
University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital Tufts Medical Center
Sydney, Australia Boston, USA
Acute pain management: scientific evidence v

