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Pain Management Resources
Alliance of State Pain Initiatives
The Alliance of State Pain Initiatives is a national network of state-based Pain Initiatives, one
of which is the Northern California Pain Initiative. Links to the other state initiatives are at http://www.aspi.wisc.edu/state.htm
American Cancer Society (Pain Pages)
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated
to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer,
through research, education, advocacy, and service.
American Chronic Pain Association
The mission of the American Chronic Pain Association is to facilitate peer support
and education for individuals with chronic pain and their families so that these individuals may live more fully in spite
of their pain; and to raise awareness among the health care community, policymakers, and the public at large about issues
of living with chronic pain.
American Pain Society
The American Pain Society is dedicated to the care of patients with
pain. The society's goals in this activity are to advance the treatment of people in pain by ensuring access to treatment,
removing regulatory barriers, and educating practitioners and policy makers in all settings about advances and economics of
effective pain treatment.
American Pain Foundation
The American Pain Foundation is an independent, nonprofit [501(c)3] organization serving people with
pain through information, advocacy, and support. The Foundation's mission is to improve the quality of life of people
with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers
and increase access to effective pain management.
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
IASP is the largest multidisciplinary international association in the field
of pain. Founded in 1973, IASP is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to furthering research on pain and improving
the care of patients with pain.
The John C. Liebeskind History of Pain Collection / The UCLA History of Pain Project
A project to promote and ensure the study of the history of pain research
and pain therapy in the post-World War II era, in particular, the origins, growth, and development of the international, interdisciplinary
pain field.
PainEDU
PainEDU is a comprehensive educational website for clinicians, teaching
about pain assessment and management. The site, as described by an American Pain Society review, "...presents a wealth of current pain-related information, pain resources,
and internet links".
Partners Against Pain
Partners Against Pain, a project of Purdue Pharma, LP, is an alliance of patients, caregivers,
and healthcare providers working together to alleviate unnecessary suffering by their efforts to advance standards of pain
care through education and advocacy.
Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative (SCCPI)
Founded in 1993, the Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative (SCCPI) is a nonprofit
volunteer interdisciplinary organization made up of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and many other professionals
dedicated to the relief of cancer pain. SCCPI works closely with other professional and regulatory agencies to remove barriers
to optimum pain relief.
UCSF Pain Education Group
UCSF Pain Grand Rounds
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