title: Report from the 10th World Congress on Pain.
abstract: The 10th World Congress on Pain, the triennial meeting of the International Association for the Study of Pain, continued the series' tradition as one of the premier international meetings for pain clinicians and scientists. At this meeting, held in August 2002 in San Diego, California, a broad spectrum of topics was presented, with substantial representation in both the clinical and basic science realms. Increased understanding of basic pain mechanisms, potential new targets for drug treatment of pain, ethical issues, and psychological interventions for pain were all areas of considerable interest.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas School of Medicine, KS 66160-3026, USA. rtwillma@kumc.edu
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Twillman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000698:Analgesia; D001675:Bioethics; D002648:Child; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management