Pain Management / Palliative Care   

Pain Management   

Websites:   

• Mayday Pain Project
• Model Policy for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain (Federation of State Medical Boards)
• Oxford Pain Internet Site
• Pain & the Law
• Pain.com
• Partners Against Pain (Purdue Pharma) 
• Pharmacologic Management of Pain (Medscape, registration required)

• American Academy of Pain Management
• American Academy of Pain Medicine  
• American Cancer Society
• American Chiropractic Association
• American Chronic Pain Association
• American Pain Foundation
• American Pain Society
• American Society of Pain Educators
• Australian Pain Society  
• Beth Israel Medical Center (Pain)
• Canadian Pain Society  
• International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
• National Cancer Institute
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• National Pain Foundation
• NIH Pain Consortium
• North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada (NACPAC)
• The British Pain Society

• Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (National Opioid Use Guideline Group, 2010)
• American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Chronic Pain Management; American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Practice guidelines for chronic pain management: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Chronic Pain Management and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Anesthesiology. 2010 Apr;112(4):810-33.
• Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain (Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, 2009)
• Trescot AM, Helm S, Hansen H, et al. Opioids in the management of chronic non-cancer pain: an update of American Society of the Interventional Pain Physicians' (ASIPP) Guidelines. Pain Physician. 2008 Mar;11(2 Suppl):S5-S62.
• Swarm R, Anghelescu DL, Benedetti C, et al. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Adult cancer pain. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2007 Sep;5(8):726-51.
• Dworkin RH, O'Connor AB, Backonja M, et al. Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based recommendations. Pain. 2007 Dec 5;132(3):237-51.
• Chou R, Huffman LH; American Pain Society; American College of Physicians. Nonpharmacologic therapies for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Oct 2;147(7):492-504. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2008 Feb 5;148(3):247-8.
• Chou R, Qaseem A, Snow V, et al. Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians; American College of Physicians; American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel. Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:478-491. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2008 Feb 5;148(3):247-8.

• Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - $
• Pain Research and Management - $
• Psycho-Oncology - $
• Supportive Care in Cancer - $

•  Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management (Bruera & Portenoy, 2nd ed. 2009) - $
•  Chronic Pain: A Primary Guide to Practical Management (Marcus, 2nd ed. 2009) - $
• Clinical Pain Management: Acute Pain / Practical Applications and Procedures (Rowbotham et al. 2002) - $
• Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosing (McPherson/ASHP, 2009) - $
  
• Fibromyalgia and Other Central Pain Syndromes (Wallace & Clauw, 2005) - $
•  Pain in Infants, Children and Adolescents (Schechter et al. 2nd ed. 2002) - $
• Pain Management for Older Adults: A Self Help Guide (Hadjistavropoulos, 2008) - $
• Pain Management Patient Education Resource Manual (Karapas, 2nd ed. 2001) - $
• Pediatric Pain: Biological and Social Context (McGrath & Finley, 2003) - $
• Pediatric Pain Management for Primary Care (Tobias & Deshpande, 2nd ed. 2005) - $
• Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine (Warfield & Bajwa, 2004) - $
• Understanding and Treating the Fear of Pain (Asmundson et al. 2004) - $
• Wall and Melzack's Textbook of Pain (McMahon & Koltzenburg, 5th ed. 2005) - $

links to electronic resources accessible online for Dal-affiliated persons

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Dynamic Searches:   

Follow the following links to search PubMed for the latest:

• Practice guidelines having information on therapy – including drug therapy – for pain as a major concept
• Systematic reviews having information on therapy – including drug therapy – for pain as a major concept

• Edmonton Regional Palliative Care Program
• End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center (EPERC)
• Help the Hospices
• Ian Anderson Continuing Education Program in End-of-Life Care (University of Toronto)
• Palliative Care (Medscape, registration required)
• National Council for Palliative Care
• Palliative Care Matters
• Palliative.info (Palliative Care Links and Resource Material)
• PalliativeDrugs.com
• Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care

• Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
• Children's Hospice International
• Hospice Foundation of America
• International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

• Qaseem A, Snow V, Shekelle P, et al. Evidence-based interventions to improve the palliative care of pain, dyspnea, and depression at the end of life: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jan 15;148(2):141-6.
• Lanken PN, Terry PB, Delisser HM, et al. An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr 15;177(8):912-27.
• Kvale PA, Selecky PA, Prakash UB. Palliative care in lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest. 2007 Sep;132(3 Suppl):368S-403S.
• Griffin JP, Koch KA, Nelson JE, Cooley ME. Palliative care consultation, quality-of-life measurements, and bereavement for end-of-life care in patients with lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest. 2007 Sep;132(3 Suppl):404S-422S.
• Levy MH, Back A, Bazargan S, et al. Palliative care. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2006 Sep;4(8):776-818.

• American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine - $
• European Journal of Palliative Care - $
• Journal of Palliative Care - $
• Journal of Palliative Medicine - $
• Palliative Medicine - $
• Progress in Palliative Care - $

Recommended texts & electronic resources are linked to publishers' or book sellers'    websites for further ordering information:

• Care Beyond Cure: Management of Pain and Other Symptoms (CSHP, 4th ed. 2008) - $
• Handbook of Palliative Care (Faull et al. 2nd ed. 2005) - $
• Hospice & Palliative Care: Concepts & Practice (Sheehan & Forman, 2nd ed. 2003) - $
• Introducing Palliative Care (Twycross, 4th ed. 2002) - $
• Improving Palliative Care for Cancer (Foley & Gelband/Institute of Medicine, 2001)
• Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care (Watson et al. 2nd ed. 2009) - $
•  Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (Hanks et al. 4th ed. 2009) - $
• Palliative Care Formulary (Twycross & Wilcock, 3rd ed. 2006) - $
•  Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology (Berger et al. 3rd ed. 2006) - $

Dynamic Searches:   

Follow the following links to search PubMed for the latest:

• Practice guidelines having information on palliative care as a major concept
• Systematic reviews having information on palliative care as a major concept

$ - Resource is not freely available on the Internet