Daniel J. Clauw, M.D., Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Georgetown University Medical Center
This book will be extremely helpful to the entire fibromyalgia community.


Carol S. Burckhardt, R.N., Ph.D., Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health Science University
Without a doubt, it is the most complete, factual and readable guide that has yet come on the market.


Book Description
The most comprehensive and understandable treatise on fibromyalgia that I have had the pleasure to review. It deals in a very practical way with questions I hear in my office every day. I plan to use this book for my patients.--Glenn A. McCain, M.D., Southeast Arthritis Care Center, Charlotte, North Carolina


About the Author
Jenny A. Fransen is a rheumatology nurse clinician and director of the Arthritis Care Program and Fibromyalgia Treatment Program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. Fransen has worked with thousands of patients with fibromyalgia. Dr. Jon Russell, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, where he is also Director of the Univeristy Clinical Research Center. Russell is an internationally recognized researcher and clinical practitioner caring for patients with musculoskeletal pain disorders.

ANNOTATION

"...a how-to guide that gives people practical tools for effective management of this disorder...for patients, medical professionals, and support groups."

FROM THE PUBLISHER